As the ICU nurse monitoring a critically ill child who is experiencing internal bleeding from a motor vehicle accident, you know the last parameter to change in the face of shock is
A) blood pressure.
B) pulse.
C) respirations.
D) mental status.
A
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Which of the following is the characteristic aging change in hearing for older adults?
a. Loss of high-frequency tones b. Loss of high-frequency and low-frequency tones c. Loss of low-frequency tones d. Generalized loss of all frequencies
A patient with a long history of cigarette smoking and poorly controlled hypertension has experienced recent psychomotor deficits as a result of hemorrhagic brain damage. The patient's psychomotor deficits are likely the result of:
a. Alzheimer disease. b. frontotemporal dementia (FTD). c. vascular dementia. d. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.
The chief nursing officer establishes a shared governance model to help empower the nursing staff, thus empowering the organization. Common characteristics of empowered organizations are:
a. Shared values, high salaries, and a human focus. b. Shared values, flexibility, and a human-capital focus. c. Commitment to communication, high salaries, and flexibility for evaluations. d. Creation of community and of effective stress management in the midst of divergent goals.
Patients who have had a TIA are at great risk of
A) heart attack. B) stroke. C) PVD. D) atherosclerosis.