Which is a sign or symptom of osteoarthritis?
a. Fractures
b. Joint bruising
c. Joint dislocation
d. Joint swelling or tenderness
D
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A nurse had all the details carefully arranged for a project: location, speaker, seating arrangement, refreshments, handouts, visual aids, and students to distribute and collect evaluation sheets
Which of the following aspects of the project may be a problem? a. The administrator's greetings went over time. b. The environment was so comfortable that no one listened to the presentation. c. Something totally unexpected and unplanned for happened. d. A student lost the evaluation sheets.
A nurse is mentoring a new nurse who is learning to start IVs. The nurse tells the new nurse that in case the patient needs subsequent venipuncture sites, the best place to initially start an IV is the:
a. antecubital vein of the patient's nondo-minant arm. b. most appropriate distal vein on the non-dominant arm. c. most appropriate proximal vein available on either arm. d. antecubital vein of the patient's dominant arm.
A patient has been taking phenobarbital for 2 weeks as part of his therapy for epilepsy
He tells the nurse that he feels tense and that "the least little thing" bothers him now. Which is the correct explanation for this problem? a. These are adverse effects that usually subside after a few weeks. b. The drug must be stopped immediately because of possible adverse effects. c. This drug causes the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep period to increase, resulting in nightmares and restlessness. d. This drug causes deprivation of REM sleep and may cause the inability to deal with normal stress.
What action by the nurse would indicate cultural competence?
a. Displays no favoritism b. Tries to treat all patients the same c. Prioritizes care based on cultural needs d. Wants to learn more about other ethnic groups