Which of these represents the best temperature for a patient's room?
A. 55°F.
B. 68°F.
C. 72°F.
D. 85°F.
Answer: C
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In addition to recording, which of these communication tools is based on the nursing process, standards of care, and legal and ethical principles?
a. nursing diagnosis c. nursing history b. reporting d. flow sheets
Reliability is to validity what credibility is to transferability
A) True B) False
A student nurse is caring for a patient with pancreatic cancer. In planning the care for this patient, the student nurse focuses on managing the patient's pain. The student nurse is aware that the pain is often more severe when?
A) The morning B) The afternoon C) The evening D) The night
Under the F section of the assessment process, in addition to full vital signs, the family is considered as a part of the treatment process. Which approach to the family would be most appropriate for the nurse to use?
1. The family gets in the way of acute care management so the nurse should offer no support until the patient is stable. 2. Ethically the family has a right to support the patient by being at the bedside during acute care management, including trauma resuscitation. 3. Depending on the family's awareness of health care management, they have the privilege to watch the care if they do not get in the way of the care. 4. Because the care during trauma management can be too graphic for family to witness, the family should not be allowed at the bedside.