The student nurse assigned to a patient on a medical unit. As the student cares for the patient his focus is on facts and rules. The student nurse is displaying behavior typical of which of Benner's stages of professional socialization?
a. novice
b. advanced beginner
c. competent
d. proficient
e. expert
A
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a. Stereognosis. b. Astereognosis. c. Graphesthesia. d. Agraphesthesia.
Questions about current and past use of prescription medications would probably be part of which of the following?
A) The client's past health history B) The client's history of present illness C) The client's chief complaint D) The functional assessment
A nurse is entering the health care workforce. Which of the following expectations should the nurse have for the workforce? (Select all that apply.)
a. There is a shortage of nurses in the United States. b. Schools of nursing turn away qualified applicants due to lack of faculty and limi-tations of clinical sites. c. By 2016 there are expected to be 527,000 new nursing positions. d. More students are choosing laboratory science, pharmacy technology, and radi-ology technology over nursing. e. There is a shortage of physician specialists in the United States.
The nurse is caring for a client taking lisinopril. The nurse knows that this medication works by doing which of the following? Select all that apply.
a. Decreasing preload b. Decreasing afterload c. Increasing preload d. Increasing afterload e. Increasing contractility