Patients' responses to pain are
A. highly individual and vary widely.
B. about the same in all persons.
C. not affected by culture.
D. determined by disease and diagnosis.
Answer: A
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1. scarce resources. 2. family problems. 3. unclear roles. 4. competition among staff nurses.
The school nurse notes a concave appearance to the anterior chest wall in a middle-school child. The nurse documents this finding as:
A) pectus carinatum. B) pectus excavatum. C) kyphoscoliosis. D) lordosis.
The nurse is providing preoperative teaching for a patient recovering from a cystogram. The nurse realizes that additional teaching is necessary when the patient states:
"After the procedure, I need to contact my primary healthcare provider if I experience 1. any bloody urine." 2. low urine output." 3. abdominal pain." 4. chills or fever."
Nightingale proposed nursing as
A. An extension of the environment. B. An art and a science. C. Empirical science. D. Physician's handmaiden.