During venipuncture, the nurse needs to make sure the needle is inserted with the bevel pointing in which direction?
a. bevel down c. bevel left
b. bevel up d. bevel right
B
The IV catheter's needle should be inserted with the beveled side up and the angle low at 10° to 30°.
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A) The patient will not develop an infection. B) The patient will not experience bone pain. C) The patient will be able to self-administer filgrastim at home. D) The patient will not develop febrile neutropenia. E) The patient will not retain fluid.
A nursing student is reviewing information about the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. The student would expect to find which of the following as being regulated for drugs classified as controlled substances? Select all that apply
A) Manufacturing B) Elimination C) Distribution D) Formulation E) Dispensing
The staff nurse approaches the nurse manager with a complaint about a physical therapy assistant and states, "She doesn't do the same amount of work as the nursing assistants
" After investigating, the manager believes the staff nurse does not understand the PT assistant's role and that is causing stress for the nurse. Which kind of conflict has this situation caused the nurse? 1. Organizational conflict 2. Individual conflict 3. Interpersonal conflict 4. Repressive conflict
The first training of nurses to work with persons with mental illness was in 1882 in which state?
A) California B) Illinois C) Massachusetts D) New York