Tracy, a G1 TPAL 0000 woman, is in labor at 30 weeks gestation. She is very concerned about the health of her baby and her impending preterm birth
Tracy asks the perinatal nurse about her baby's possibilities for survival and what physiological development has occurred by this time. The nurse's best response is:
A) It is best to wait for the obstetrician to come and talk with you so that he/she can provide you with exact numbers regarding your baby's survival rate.
B) At 30 weeks, your baby's lungs are still developing and do not have the ability to sustain air exchange.
C) At 30 weeks of age, your baby will be small and will need to be in the hospital for a long time but will survive.
D) At 30 weeks, your baby has completed a great deal of growth and development. For example, the reflex in the eye that responds to light should be present by now.
D
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A nurse has completed morning care for a client in strict isolation, including taking the client's vital signs. Which of these approaches should the nurse use in recording vital signs and other assessment data?
a. Repeat data to oneself and record them on the client's chart after leaving the room. b. Open the door and request that another nurse write down the data. c. Record data on a piece of paper without making contact with articles in the client's room. d. Keep a running record of data on a tablet in the client's room.
The prescriber has just ordered neomycin for a patient with an infection. The nurse is aware that the most important reason neomycin is administered orally is that with parenteral administration is that it
a. causes excessive gastric irritation. b. would kill beneficial intestinal flora. c. is inactivated by gastric enzymes after a first pass through the liver. d. is more ototoxic and nephrotoxic than other aminoglycosides.
In phenomenology, often the review of the literature is conducted after data analysis is complete. What is the reason for this? (Select all that apply.)
a. The data analysis phase of phenomenology includes a literature review. b. Phenomenology is data-free, and analyses are based only on the interpretation of the researcher. c. Some phenomenologists do believe that one can "bracket" what is known, in order to perform an unbiased analysis, but it seems pointless to absorb information just to then put it aside, so literature review is usually postponed. d. Some phenomenologists don't believe that one can "bracket" what is known, in order to perform an unbiased analysis of the data, so they try to minimize what they read about the topic of the study until data analysis is complete. e. The review of the literature provides an objective cross-check for the researcher's interpretation.
A postoperative patient's nasogastric drainage has been 500 mL in the last 8 hours. The nurse would assess this patient for findings associated with which acid-base imbalance?
1. Metabolic alkalosis 2. Metabolic acidosis 3. Respiratory acidosis 4. Respiratory alkalosis