A nurse who is 43 years old and married has called in sick to work for 3 days. When she returns to work, she tells another nurse that her husband was so irritable and angry with her that she was afraid to leave the house
Which phase of the cycle of battering should the nurse recognize?
A) Phase I: The Tension-Building Phase
B) Phase II: The Acute Battering Incident
C) Phase III: The Honeymoon Phase
D) Phase IV: The Resolution Phase
A
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An older female adult with osteoarthritis is seen by the nurse with a low-grade fever, and she tells the nurse that her pain is changing: it is worse at night and in her shoulder mus-cles
Which of the following does the nurse do to prevent complications of the patient's condition? a. Assess her joints for swelling and redness. b. Obtain blood specimens for blood cultures. c. Direct her to report temporal or scalp pain. d. Tell her to apply moist heat for 20 minutes.
A nurse can best address factors of critical importance to successful community treatment, including making assessments relative to: (Select all that apply.)
a. housing adequacy and stability. b. income adequacy and stability. c. family and other support systems. d. early psychosocial development. e. substance abuse history and current use.
The nurse is preparing two medications from separate vials in one syringe. After injecting air into vial A, which action by the nurse is the most appropriate?
1. Changing needles and injecting air into vial B 2. Changing needles, injecting air into vial B, and then withdrawing medication from vial A 3. Injecting air into vial B, changing needles, and withdrawing medication from vial A 4. Changing needles, injecting air into vial B, withdrawing medication from vial B, and then withdrawing medication from vial A
Which of the following statements about sampling in qualitative research is true?
A) Convenience sampling is considered the most appropriate method of selecting sample members. B) Larger samples are considered more rigorous than smaller samples. C) Using randomness in the sampling process is desirable. D) The type of sampling approach can change and evolve over the course of data collection.