A nurse is completing a psychosocial assessment on a client diagnosed with depression. Which of the following terms could be used to describe observations of a client's mood during the psychosocial assessment?
A) Blunted
B) Flat
C) Euphoric
D) Inarticulate
C
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A nurse is interested in primary prevention programs. Which of the following activities would this nurse choose to do?
A. Assist with blood pressure screening at the local mall. B. Collect and distribute used eyeglasses for poor people. C. Staff a mobile mammogram unit for underserved groups. D. Teach teenagers about the dangers of texting and driving.
Following coronary bypass graft (CABG) surgery for a massive myocardial infarction (MI) located on his left ventricle, the ICU nurses are assessing for clinical manifestations of cardiogenic shock
Which of the following assessment findings would confirm that the client may be in the early stages of cardiogenic shock? Select all that apply. A) Decreasing mean arterial pressure (MAP) B) Low BP reading of 86/60 C) Urine output of 15 mL last hour D) Low pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) E) Periods of confusion
Visible twitching of a group of muscle fibers that can occur when the muscle is stimulated by tapping is called
a. fibrillation. c. spasm. b. fasciculation. d. myoclonus.
Which of the following is an effective approach in the appraisal of research studies?
a. Accept only studies that use a RCT de-sign. b. When ranking research studies, choose RCTs over qualitative studies. c. Select only studies with a large sample size. d. Evaluate the quality of the research against the standards for that type of re-search.