A patient is recovering from a lumbar spine injury and requires an immobilization device for this region. Which device would be most appropriate for this patient?
A) Halo vest
B) Aspen collar
C) Minerva brace
D) Jewett brace
C
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The _______ methodology describes in a stepwise process how to move through the improvement process
a. PDSA c. Pareto Chart b. FOCUS d. Control Chart
Which of the following statements is true?
A) The MEDLINE database can be accessed only through subscriptions with a commercial vendor such as Ovid. B) PubMed provides free access to MEDLINE. C) The MEDLINE database includes citations only to English-language journals. D) A search in MEDLINE and CINAHL for a given keyword would yield identical results.
Which pain assessment tool is verbally administered and can assess sensory, affective, and evaluative aspects of pain?
a. McGill Pain Questionnaire c. Initial Pain Assessment Inventory b. Oucher Pain Assessment Tool d. Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating Scale
When contrasting philosophical approaches in applied ethics, it would be important to know that an example of teleology is what?
A) All nurses need to follow personal moral codes in their personal and professional lives. B) Nurses should subscribe to professional codes of ethics in their daily actions as a nurse. C) All individuals in a research study have a complete understanding and informed consent of the study. D) Preventing communicable disease benefits many more people in the community than does caring for individual illnesses.