A staff development trainer evaluates a group of nurse interns' knowledge and understanding regarding the quality of effective team members. Which response by an intern would indicate that further training is needed?
a. Critical thinking c. Time management skills
b. Being proactive d. Self-esteem
D
Effective teams are comprised of individuals who possess certain characteristics conducive to good
team function: time management skills (enhance the ability to effectively manage their time and tasks),
critical thinking skills, and motivation and the tendency to be proactive (take charge of their personal
and professional lives and tend to be proactive rather than reactive to situations and events).
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The nurse is reviewing a client's blood work, noting the bicarbonate and carbon dioxide levels. Which of the following would the nurse expect to see clinically in the client? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. With a low pH, and an increased level of carbon dioxide, the rate and depth of respirations will increase to compensate. 2. With a high pH, and a low carbon dioxide, the client might be hyperventilating. 3. With a high bicarbonate, the pH will be higher, and the rate and depth of respirations are reduced in order to retain carbon dioxide. 4. With a high bicarbonate, the pH will be lower, and the depth and rate of respirations will be unchanged. 5. With an increase in the rate and depth of respirations, the pH will increase.
A patient's most recent diagnostic imaging has revealed that his lung cancer has metastasized to his bones and liver. What is the most likely mechanism by which the patient's cancer cells spread?
A) Hematologic spread B) Lymphatic circulation C) Invasion D) Angiogenesis
A cognitive strategy the nurse could use to help an excessively dependent client would be to have
the client a. reveal his or her dreams. b. take prescribed medications. c. examine his or her thoughts about being independent. d. choose an applicable diagnostic label from the DSM-IV-TR.
Which of the following nursing interventions will do the most to help an adolescent father accept his role during the pregnancy?
A. Explain the physiologic and psychologic changes he can expect in the mother. B. Tell him you, the nurse, will give the mother emotional support so he will not have to worry about her. C. Let him verbalize his feelings about the pregnancy and fatherhood. D. Encourage him to think about his role in the pregnancy.