When looking at the future of nursing, a group of nursing students believes they will have long-term employment due to the health care field always expanding
Several other students don't look too far into the future and consider all potential things that may occur including the wildest idea imaginable. What term refers to the latter group's view of the future?
A) Preferable future
B) Probable future
C) Plausible future
D) Possible future
D
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a. Provisions for limiting fluid intake to less than 1000 mL/day b. Provisions for close supervision and assistance when ambulating c. Provisions for straining all urine d. Provisions for limiting use of an analgesic
An older client in a long-term care facility is receiving an annual physical examination and is or-dered laboratory tests that include a complete blood count, serum electrolytes, and thyroid tests
When the client's son questions why these tests are being ordered by saying, "Dad is 85 why are you bothering him?" the nurse's response is based on an understanding that: a. the health care provider ordering the tests needs to explain the rationale to the son. b. when conducted annually, all of the tests are helpful in promoting maximum health for older adults in the long-term care set-ting. c. the tests are useful, but only if clinically indicated. d. the complete blood count and serum elec-trolytes are useful screening tests, but the usefulness of the thyroid test should be questioned.
After assessing the FHR tracing shown below, which of the following interventions should the nurse perform?
a. Turn the woman on her side. b. Administer oxygen by nasal cannula. c. Encourage the patient to push with each contraction. d. Provide the patient with caring labor support.
A nurse notices several reddish purple, nonblanchable spots of different sizes on the arms and legs of a patient with a low platelet count. How does the nurse distinguish ecchymosis from purpura?
a. Ecchymosis is variable in size and a purpura is greater than 0.5 cm in diameter. b. Ecchymosis does not blanch and purpura does blanch. c. Ecchymosis has raised lesions and purpura has flat lesions. d. Ecchymosis is irregularly shaped and purpura is round.