The nurse discovers during the intake assessment of a 5-year-old child that the child lives with his biologic parents and siblings. How would the nurse categorize this family type?
a. Extended family
b. Blended family
c. Social family
d. Nuclear family
ANS: D
The nuclear family is considered the traditional family pattern.
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A) Attending mandatory hospital-wide in-service programs B) Self-directed study of best practice for the patients she cares for C) Gathering demographic data on the patients admitted to the unit D) Participating in a research study as a data collector
An ICU nurse who left the organization two years ago has applied for a night shift position on the ICU unit. The manager pulls the employee?s personnel file, which contains numerous written and verbal warnings
This causes the manager to be concerned about rehiring this nurse because: 1. Of excessive absenteeism. 2. Of a history of substance abuse. 3. Past behavior is a good predictor of future behavior. 4. This nurse just left the organization 2 years ago.
In her meta-analysis of 18 quantitative studies of caring actions, Swanson demonstrated that the top five caring behaviors valued by nurses included all of the following EXCEPT
A. Listens to the patient. B. Allows expression of feelings. C. Touches when comforting is needed. D. Knows how to give shots and manage equipment. E. Realizes the patient knows him- or herself best.
A researcher wishes to evaluate the reliability of a visual analog pain scale in a group of postoperative patients. The best way to do this is to compare results
a. to results of the test when given to another set of subjects. b. to results from the same subjects using the FACES rating scale. c. to results from a previous measure with a different visual analog scale. d. to results from a group of subjects who have minimal or no pain.