A patient with chronic anemia is admitted for the administration of blood. Which of the following would the nurse expect the physician to order?
A) Whole blood
B) Packed cells
C) White blood cells
D) Platelets
E) D5W 1000 mL
Ans: B
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Within a research hypothesis, the nurse is identifying the independent variable. An independent variable is best defined as:
a. the outcome variable of interest. b. an abstraction or mental representation inferred from situations, events, or behaviors. c. constructs that are knitted together in an orderly system to explain the way people function. d. the variable that is believed to cause or influence the dependent variable.
Examining a quantitative study to determine the extent to which the researcher followed the "rules" for an ideal study is part of which of the following steps in the critique process?
a. Analysis b. Comparison c. Comprehension d. Conceptual clustering
A client has the following order: "Apply cold or heat packs as needed for pain relief." The nurse must recognize which of the following?
a. Heat often provides faster relief. b. Combining the two therapies might provide the best relief. c. Either method may cause peripheral nerve damage when used over an extended time frame (i.e., weeks, months). d. Cold is often better tolerated.
The nurse has six clients for which he needs to pass medications on all of them. Which of the following technologies prevents the nurse from making medication errors?
A) Personal digital assistant (PDA) B) Hand-held computers C) Computerized medication–dispensing stations (CMDS) D) Pharmaceutical software programs