A patient tells the nurse that she has been experiencing a "pa
1. The pain is of noncardiac origin.
2. The patient is in the midst of an acute myocardial infarction.
3. The patient is going to have a myocardial infarction within hours.
4. The patient is having continuous angina.
Answer: 1
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The nurse researcher is using which type of research? a. Quasi-experimental b. Secondary analysis c. Meta-analysis d. Survey
When teaching a postpartal patient about the use of mineral oil as a laxative, the nurse will explain that mineral oil
a. does not have serious side effects. b. is safe to take with other laxatives. c. may be taken with food. d. should be mixed with juice or soda.
When you check the vital signs of a client who is suicidal, the client tells you, "Go away, I'm not worth saving," and "Take that thing off of my arm." In addition to talking to this client, what do you do?
a. Leave the room. b. Call for help. c. Leave the blood pressure (BP) cuff on while you discuss options with the client. d. Move the cuff to the other arm, and hope the client will be too busy to notice.
What is the purpose of formulating a hypothesis or hypotheses?
a. To validate the research problem b. To provide direction for the research study by identifying possible outcomes c. To identify the independent variable d. To identify the dependent variable