A nurse knows that both experiences and a plan are important when building a résumé
Which attributes are the most important for the plan part of this endeavor? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Flexibility
2. Long term
3. Focused on one career path
4. Includes frequent contact with the nurse's current mentor through the years
5. Designed around a fixed retirement date
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Rationale 1: The nurse's plan must be flexible to account for the rapidity of change in today's health care environment.
Rationale 2: The plan developed as a young nurse should be long term. The desires of the far distant future must be planned for today.
Rationale 3: The nurse should be open-minded about the career path but should point the path toward the eventual goal. For example, the nurse may wish to be the nurse executive of the hospital but may eventually end up a nurse executive in a health care conglomerate.
Rationale 4: Mentors often come and go through a nurse's career. The current mentor may change to a different one as years go by.
Rationale 5: The nurse may find that early retirement is possible and desirable, or may choose to work long past the date considered when younger.
Global Rationale:
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The nurse instructs a family member on how to feed an older patient. Which observation indicates that the family member needs additional instruction?
1. Checks to make sure the patient's dentures are in place 2. Makes sure that each bite is swallowed before providing the next bite 3. Reminds the patient to chew the food after being placed in the patient's mouth 4. Tries to insert a utensil in the patient's mouth and the patient bites down tightly
The nurse is concerned that a 4-year-old child with burns is developing hypovolemic shock. Which data supports the nurse's concern?
A) Complaining of intense pain B) Blood pressure is 128/86 C) Face is bright red in color D) Apical pulse is 140 bpm
After K.B. has been on the unit for 6 hours, you identify the following changes in her assessment data:
K.B. is difficult to arouse. but when awake she is able to identify who and where she is; PeRRLA 1+ with slower reaction time than earlier; color pale, pink; skin cool and clammy; heart rate 126 beats/min, respi- ratory rate 28 breaths/min, temperature (oral) 99 ° F (37.2 ° C); spo2 90%. The findings of the neurovascular checks of the affected extremities are unchanged. What will your immediate nursing interventions include?