A glass thermometer with a stubby bulb is called an oral thermometer.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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The clinical educator of a hospital medical unit has the mandate of establishing evidence-based practice guidelines for the nursing care on the unit. Which of the following statements most accurately captures a guiding principle of the nurse's task?
A) Evidence-based practice guidelines will be rooted in research rather than nurses' subjective practice preferences and experiences. B) Guidelines are synonymous with systematic research reviews. C) The need for continuity and standardization of guidelines will mean that they will be fixed rather than changeable. D) The guidelines will combine individual expertise with external systematic evidence.
The nurse providing care for a patient post PTCA knows to monitor the patient closely. What does the nurse know to monitor for? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Abrupt closure of the coronary artery B) Venous insufficiency C) Bleeding at the insertion site D) Retroperitoneal bleeding E) Arterial occlusion
A recently hired nurse has been overheard saying she does not need to check as closely on her assigned patients as there are many machines that will "just do it for you." What action by the nurse manager is indicated?
1. The nurse manager should plan a skills check off for the nurse. 2. The nurse should have a notation placed in her file indicating a lack of due care to assigned patients. 3. The manager should issue a verbal warning to the nurse. 4. The nurse manager should discuss assessment priorities with the nurse.
A physician scolds a nurse. When a family member enters the client's room, that nurse tells the person cruelly that they need to wait until visiting hours
The supervising nurse should discuss this incident with the nurse, using knowledge that the de-fense mechanism the nurse used was: 1. Displacement 2. Projection 3. Sublimation 4. Suppression