A nurse enters the laundry room to empty a bag of dirty linen and discovers a fire in a laundry basket. What action should the nurse take first?
A. Confining the fire
B. Extinguishing the fire
C. Activating the fire alarm
D. Running for the fire extinguisher
Ans: C. Activating the fire alarm
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After birth a crying infant may be soothed by being held in a position in which the new-born can hear the mother's heartbeat. This phenomenon is known as:
a. Entrainment. b. Reciprocity. c. Synchrony. d. Biorhythmicity.
A 44-year-old patient is unable to void after having an open loop resection and fulguration of the bladder. Which nursing action should be implemented first?
a. Assist the patient to soak in a 15-minute sitz bath. b. Insert a straight urethral catheter and drain the bladder. c. Encourage the patient to drink several glasses of water. d. Teach the patient how to do isometric perineal exercises.
After teaching a group of nursing students about the process of involution, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students identify which of the following as being involved?
A) Catabolism B) Muscle fiber contraction C) Epithelial regeneration D) Vasodilation
The nurse is reviewing with a client that the limbic system is located between the cerebrum and the inner brain. The limbic system includes the hippocampus and reticular formation
Based on this information, what would be the best explanation by the nurse of the hippocampus' role in maintaining the client's physiologic adaptation? A) Largely responsible for maintaining a person's level of awareness B) Functions in learning and long-term memory C) Plays a role in allowing sensory input to enter the cerebral cortex D) Governs wakefulness and sleep