Which of the following actions would be important for the nurse to remember when communicating with a deaf person through the use of a sign language interpreter?
a. Avoid looking at the interpreter and focus eye contact on the deaf person.
b. Allow for intervals of rest when communicating for an extended length of time.
c. Speak very slowly and face the interpreter at all times.
d. Use more animation when speaking to relay emotion or emphasize points.
B
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1. As anxiety increased, so did pulse rates in this study; this was a statistically significant although moderate, positive correlation. 2. As anxiety increased, so did pulse rates in this study and this correlation was both negative and strong. 3. As anxiety increased, so did pulse rates in this study and this correlation was a strong, positive correlation that failed to reach significance. 4. Anxiety and pulse rates increased but the correlation was weak.
Which of the following skin substitutes is a nylon-silicone membrane coated with a protein derived from pig tissue?
A) Mederma B) Integra C) TransCyte D) Biobrane
Which of the following statements best describes thrombopoiesis?
1. Platelet development from the hematopoietic stem cell to fully mature platelets 2. Blood cell development, beginning in the bone marrow and extending through cell maturation in the peripheral bloodstream 3. Response to extrinsic factors that initiates the clotting cascade 4. The process that mitigates blood loss due to injury to any blood vessel
The nurse is providing follow-up care to victims of a disaster that occurred several months ago. Assessment of which of the following would lead the nurse to suspect that the victims are experiencing possible aftereffects of the disaster?
A) Tachycardia B) Profuse perspiration C) Unexplained gastrointestinal disturbance D) Tremors