The student nurse assesses the pinna of the newborn's ears, and finds them to be parallel with the outer canthus of the eye. The nursing instructor should explain this finding to be:
A. A normal position.
B. A possible chromosomal abnormality.
C. Facial paralysis.
D. Prematurity.
A
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The nurse is aware of common misconceptions about pain that many clients express. Common misconceptions include:
1. Clients can experience pain even after minor surgery. 2. Administering analgesics regularly for pain will lead to addiction. 3. The person who experiences the pain is the authority on its existence and nature. 4. Intensity and duration of pain varies considerably among individuals.
Theories that are more specific than middle-range theories and identify specific guidelines for practice are called:
A. grand theories. B. nursing theories. C. practice theories. D. borrowed theories.
A woman gave birth vaginally to a 9-pound, 12-ounce girl yesterday. Her primary health care provider has written orders for perineal ice packs, use of a sitz bath three times a day, and a stool softener
Which of the following information is most closely correlated with these or-ders? 1. The woman is a gravida 2, para 2. 2. The woman had a vacuum-assisted birth. 3. The woman received epidural anesthesia. 4. The woman has an episiotomy.
Vesicoureteral reflux is closely related to:
1. Chronic glomerulonephritis. 2. Kidney damage. 3. High protein in the urine. 4. Nephrotic syndrome.