leaving a tourniquet tied on a patient are longer than its recommended time results in
a. syncope
b. hemoconcentration
c. hematoma formation
d. bifuraction
b. hemoconcentration
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If the patient tells the nurse, "I'm not an alcoholic. I can stop whenever I want to," the nurse's most therapeutic response is:
a. "Well, why don't you?" b. "Hasn't alcohol use interfered with your employment?" c. "A positive attitude like that is a good start." d. "What would you call alcoholism?"
A nurse is caring for a postoperative patient who has a nasogastric tube with continuous suction. The nurse notes that the patient has shallow respirations and suspects that this patient has devel-oped:
a. metabolic acidosis. b. metabolic alkalosis. c. respiratory acidosis. d. respiratory alkalosis.
Evaluate the use of the Melzack and Wall's Gate Control Theory of Pain as the framework for a quantitative descriptive study of the frequency of headaches in men, versus women
a. The framework is well connected to the study's constructs. b. The framework is suitable because headache is pain. c. The framework is gratuitous; it discusses pain at the cellular level. d. The framework is well integrated with the methodology.
A nurse is irrigating pressure ulcers on a patient's coccyx. When the patient asks how they are healing, the nurse grimaces and says, "Oh, they're doing just fine." This is
a. incongruence between verbal and nonverbal messages. b. a confirming statement. c. objectivity in responding to the question. d. the therapeutic use of humor.