A distressed family member asks about the purpose of the Gardner-Wells tongs. The most helpful explanation by the nurse would be that the Gardner-Wells tongs:
1. compress the cervical vertebrae.
2. immobilize the head.
3. allow the patient to be moved out of bed.
4. align the cervical vertebrae.
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The Gardner-Wells tongs are secured to the skull to separate and align the cervical vertebrae, but do not immobilize the head. While the tongs are in place, the patient is bedridden.
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After the examination is completed, the patient asks the nurse why Chadwick's sign occurs during pregnancy. What would the nurse explain as the cause of Chadwick's sign?
a. Enlargement of the uterus b. Progesterone action on the breasts c. Increasing activity of the fetus d. Vascular congestion in the pelvic area
Which statement reveals the most dangerous result of using measured standards as part of the CQI process?
1. A nurse complains, "Collecting this data takes so much time." 2. A radiology technician says, "CQI is lots of work." 3. A nurse manager says, "I'm not going to change this process, because I'd have to change the CQI monitors." 4. The laboratory technician says, "Writing these CQI reports is boring."
In the past, health care organizations viewed nursing services as primarily a(n) ____
a. Acute care asset b. Expense c. Reimbursement tool d. Revenue generator
While working with the pregnant woman in her first trimester, the nurse is aware that chorionic villus sampling (CVS) can be performed during pregnancy at:
a. 4 weeks c. 10 weeks b. 8 weeks d. 14 weeks