The student nurse sees that many of Florence Nightingale's concepts of nursing are still being used today. One of these concepts is:
a. Keeping patients in a dim-lighted environ-ment
b. Focusing on the science of nursing
c. Focusing on a patient's disease process
d. Maintaining confidentiality
D
Nightingale introduced many concepts that are still used today. She advocated having a systematic method of assessing patients, individualizing care on the basis of the patient's needs and preferences, and maintaining confidentiality.
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Inquiry about nocturnal muscle spasms would be most significant when taking the musculoske-letal history of:
a. adolescents. b. infants. c. older adults. d. middle-age adults.
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1. Use a Doppler to find the pedal pulse. 2. Notify the surgeon of the problem. 3. Check the lower extremity for pallor. 4. Assess the client's pain rating.
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A) Multiple regression B) Canonical correlation C) Discriminate analysis D) Factor analysis