The student nurse learns that there are four valves in the heart and the valve that connects the right atrium to the right ventricle is the:
A) aortic Valve
B) bicuspid valve
C) tricuspid valve
D) pulmonary valve
C
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When a nurse suspects child abuse or neglect, which action must the nurse take?
a. Report it to the proper legal authority. b. Inform the parents that their actions are illegal. c. Call the security department to handle the problem. d. Prevent the parents from seeing the child during hospitalization.
A patient is having occasional premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). Which finding would require immediate nursing action?
1. There are no P waves in the PVCs. 2. The heart rate is irregular. 3. A PVC occurs at the top of the T wave. 4. Two PVCs occur in one minute.
The nurse is helping an adult child transition into the role of full-time caregiver for an older parent with dementi
a. What action by the nurse is best? a. Ensure the child has information on long-term care. b. Help the child negotiate care issues with siblings. c. Teach the child about the parent's illness. d. Offer the child information on support groups.
A nurse educator is teaching pharmacokinetics to the pharmacology class. What statement, made by a student, would show the class understands this term?
1. "Pharmacokinetics describes how the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes drugs." 2. "Pharmacokinetics is how drugs activate specific receptors." 3. "Pharmacokinetics is what a drug does to the body." 4. "Pharmacokinetics is the efficacy of a drug."