A patient who sustained a traumatic injury several days ago is hypotensive, oliguric, and has cool, pale skin and acidosis. For which type of shock should the nurse plan care for this patient?
A. Septic
B. Anaphylactic
C. Cardiogenic
D. Hypovolemic
Answer: D
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The nurse is caring for a child after a cleft palate repair who is on a clear liquid diet. Which feeding device should the nurse use to deliver the clear liquid diet?
a. Straw b. Spoon c. Sippy cup d. Open cup
Which of the following is the best way for the nurse to manage pain for a patient with chronic pain from arthritis?
a. Administer pain medication before any activity. b. Provide intravascular bolus as needed for breakthrough pain. c. Give medications around-the-clock. d. Administer pain medication only when nonpharmacological measures have failed.
Which level of management exists in nursing management to be responsible for shift-by-shift coordination and promotion of quality client care?
1. Middle 2. First 3. Front line 4. Upper
You are completing a community assessment. You note that the computer companies in the community hire a disproportionate amount of their employees from local suburban communities versus the community in which the company is housed
In order to create an accurate assessment you collect data on all of the company's employees, but list those living outside of the community as A) outliers. B) statistically irrelevant. C) an aggregate. D) statistically relevant.