According to Nightingale, a nurse is defined as
A. The handmaiden of the physician.
B. A member of the moral majority.
C. Any woman who had charge of the personal health of somebody, whether well or sick.
D. An individual who felt a calling to take charge of the sick.
ANS:C
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The committee has identified that the most likely cause of a disaster in the community is a devastating tornado that significantly damages most major structures, including hospitals of all sizes, in the community. What component of the plan is least likely to be realistic? A) Transfer all noncritical patients to smaller hospitals in the community. B) Provide for secure storage of emergency supplies and equipment. C) Agree with other hospitals in town to share supplies and equipment. D) Interface with the city disaster management plan and command center.
Hyperglycemia is harder to detect in older adults due to which of the following?
a. There is a higher tolerance for elevated levels of circulating glucose in older adults. b. Older adults tend to metabolize glucose at a faster rate than younger adults. c. Fingerstick glucose monitoring is inaccu-rate in older adults. d. The classic signs of elevated glucose lev-els, polyuria, polyphagia, and polydipsia are rarely present in older adults.
Emergency department nurses monitor a patient for signs of pseudoaddiction to opioid substances. Which of the following observations about the patient's behavior can help confirm the diagnosis of pseudoaddiction?
1. The patient requires increasingly larger doses of medication for pain relief. 2. The patient appears intoxicated or drugged. 3. The patient appears less angry after pain relief is reported. 4. The patient appears sedated.
A(n) ___________________ is a number other than one that can be evenly divided only by itself
A. numerator B. mixed number C. equivalent fraction D. prime number