Being competent in the use of information technology in clinical practice is expected in professional nurses. Advanced practice competence includes the ability to:
1. Search for information using the most common search engines
2. Serve as content experts in developing, implementing, and evaluating information systems
3. Write programs to assure the integrity of health information
4. Use information technology to prescribe drugs
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The client reports difficulty remembering at home whether the client took the medication or just thought about taking the medication. Which of the following strategies would be most helpful for the nurse to suggest?
1. Obtaining and using a pill box 2. Wearing a rubber band to remember 3. Repeating the need to take the medications routinely 4. Putting the pill container near the breakfast table
After 2-hour onset of acute chest pain, the client is brought to the emergency department for evaluation. Elevation of which diagnostic findings would the nurse identify as suggestive of an acute myocardial infarction at this time?
A) Troponin I B) Myoglobin C) WBC (white blood cell) count D) C-reactive protein
Which of the following is the most widely used form of treatment for enuresis?
a. medication c. bed-wetting alarms b. surgery d. behavior modification
The nurse knows that which of the following is considered a lethal cardiac rhythm?
a. Asystole b. Atrial fibrillation c. Ventricular tachycardia d. Ventricular fibrillation