Which information about a patient diagnosed with bulimia nervosa should the nurse document as subjective data?
a. Scarred fingers
b. Sores around mouth
c. Loss of tooth enamel
d. Feeling out of control
D
The distracters represent objective data, whereas the correct answer reflects feelings the patient has revealed.
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A) 120 mg/dL B) 150 mg/dL C) 180 mg/dL D) 210 mg/dL
The nurse anticipates the gender-related needs of the patients and tries to accommodate those needs whenever possible. A female nurse is arranged for the female patient who practices which of the following?
A) Sikhism B) Judaism C) Catholicism D) Buddhism
Signs and symptoms of prerenal cause for acute renal failure are most likely to include:
a. sharp flank pain, hematuria, and nausea. b. fever, rusty or red-colored urine, and tachycardia. c. dyspnea, distended jugular neck veins, and poor capillary refill. d. elevated white blood count, hypotension, and unconscious ness.
High to low Level Highest level of abstraction Construct (general statement) Middle level of abstraction Conceptual (theory) Lowest level of abstraction Variable (hypothesis) Specific way variables will be measured Operationalizations
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