During her latest clinical experience, a nursing student decided to provide a patient with a bedpan rather than helping the patient walk to the bathroom
The student made this decision based on the fact that the patient had recent hip surgery and was drowsy, creating a risk that the patient could fall. What characteristic of effective learners did this student most clearly demonstrate?
A) Clinical appraisal
B) Mental flexibility
C) Critical thinking
D) Responsibility
C
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The population health nurse is making a graph to show some of the common diseases that are transmitted through sexual contact. The diseases that should be on the graph are:
1. Chlamydia, hepatitis A, and human immunodeficiency virus. 2. Gonorrhea, hepatitis C, and hepatitis A. 3. Genital herpes, hepatitis B, and syphilis. 4. Syphilis, haemophilus influenzae type B, and gonorrhea.
A basic crisis intervention strategy is to do which one of the following?
a. Allow sufficient time to pass for a calming effect to occur before intervening. b. Avoid developing a plan for action until the crisis has subsided. c. Strive to understand and empathize, considering the cultural context of the victim. d. Try to provide as many answers as possible until the crisis is under control.
Your patient is receiving carmustine, a chemotherapy agent. A significant side effect of this medication is thrombocytopenia. Which symptom would the nurse assess for in patients at risk for thrombocytopenia?
A) Interrupted sleep pattern B) Hot flashes C) Nose bleed D) Increased weight
While talking with the nursing supervisor, a graduate RN expresses frustration that a Mexican American client always has several family members at the bedside
The most appropriate action by the nursing supervisor to help the graduate RN become a patient advocate is to: a. ask about the graduate RN's personal beliefs about family support during hospitalization. b. remind the graduate RN that this cultural practice is important to the family and the patient. c. suggest that the graduate RN ask family members to leave the room during patient care. d. have the graduate RN explain to the family that too many visitors will tire the patient.