When a new mother asks the nurse whether her newborn infant can see her, the best response by the nurse is to tell the mother that her infant
A) cannot see for 2 weeks of age
B) can differentiate objects only
C) can differentiate colors only
D) can see light and dark patterns
Ans: D
Newborns see only gross patterns of light and dark or bright colors. As they grow, vision becomes more discriminating.
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A researcher gains support of the medical staff, the nursing staff, and the nurse manager of a cardiothoracic ICU within a prestigious private hospital, aligned with a teaching institution
A research proposal, concerning ambulation patterns after bypass surgery, is approved by the Human Subjects Committee. Federal funding is obtained. Just before data collection is to begin, the hospital is sold to a large university with a medical school, the nurse manager is replaced with a manger from another hospital in the corporation, and there is a 30% staff turnover. Choose the factors that are real concerns and could impact feasibility. (Select all that apply.) a. Most of the newly hired nurses are BSNs and newly graduated. b. The new manager grudgingly allows the research to proceed but makes it clear that she will not support subsequent research until the unit is more stable. c. Fewer patients come to this hospital now for bypass surgery, going instead to its sister hospital across town. d. Two of the research assistants, who were already trained, take jobs elsewhere. e. Staff nurses dislike the new manager and miss the old one.
The nurse uses a diagram to demonstrate how in dehydration the water is drawn into the plasma from the cells by the process of:
a. distillation. b. diffusion. c. filtration. d. osmosis.
A patient, being treated for necrotizing fasciitis, has signs of granulation tissue appearing in a large abdominal wound. The nurse realizes that the best approach that will heal this patient's wound would be
1. wet to dry dressings. 2. twice day wound irrigations followed with a dry dressing. 3. split thickness skin graft. 4. application of a topical antiseptic and left open to air.