The pediatric nurse caring for patients in the pediatric intensive care unit knows that electrolyte measurements, particularly potassium, are perhaps the most critical lab tests in the initial postoperative period
A) True
B) False
A
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What is the nurse's best explanation? a. "You are to be immobile." b. "You cannot move." c. "You need restraints." d. "You have to remain in bed."
Toddlers often express their anger through:
a. Crying b. Manipulation c. Temper tantrums d. Direct aggression
A patient is being assessed in the emergency department following a skiing accident in which the patient was found unconscious at the foot of a tree with his left leg at an obtuse angle. Which concept of hypothermia should guide the nurse's assessment and plan of care?
A) Shivering increases body temperature and reduces the metabolic demand. B) Hypothermia reduces perfusion to the tissues. C) Hypothermia improves hypoxia. D) Hypothermia stimulates activity of clotting factors.
A nursing instructor educates a class of nursing students about a common type of focus charting known as DAR. The nursing instructor teaches that the acronym DAR stands for
1. Data, Action, Response. 2. Data, Assessment, Revision. 3. Diagnosis, Action, Response. 4. Data, Assessment, Response.