The clinic nurse provides increased support to Karen, a woman who is in her second trimester. Karen's first and second pregnancy ended in a miscarriage
Understandably, Karen is ambivalent about this baby due to her:
Select all answers that apply:
A) Previous loss
B) Needs related to a second child
C) Potential role relationship changes
D) Awareness that she will be taking on a new 24-hour responsibility
A, C, D
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A nurse is providing care to a client experiencing hematologic failure. The nurse understands that this can include which of the following? Select all that apply
A) Anemia B) Bleeding C) Hypertension D) Infection E) Hypoglycemia
Whose major conceptual model of nursing is used by researchers?
A) Rogers' Science of Unitary Human Beings B) Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory C) Watson's Theory of Caring D) Rizzo's Theory of Human Becoming
What could be considered to be the best practice for the
nurse to follow in giving a newborn his or her first bath? A) Give the sponge bath in the baby's bed, keeping the baby wrapped and exposing only the body part being washed B) Wash off all traces of blood and allow the vernix to remain on the skin C) Use a soap such as hexachlorophene to minimize transmission of infection from maternal blood-borne pathogens D) Apply ointment or talcum powder to the perineal area and buttocks after washing
A nurse works on a pediatric unit and is using a psychosocial developmental approach to child care. In which order from the first to the last will the nurse place the developmental stages?
1. Initiative versus guilt 2. Trust versus mistrust 3. Industry versus inferiority 4. Identity versus role confusion 5. Autonomy versus shame and doubt a. 2, 5, 3, 1, 4 b. 2, 1, 3, 5, 4 c. 2, 3, 1, 5, 4 d. 2, 5, 1, 3, 4