You are a new nurse working at XYZ hospital. Your preceptor tells you to dangle Ms. Jones' legs on the side of the bed before you attempt to assist her to a chair
preceptor why this is done and she answers, "This is what we have always done, so go do it." This is an example of which type of evidence?
a. Trial and error
b. Intuition
c. Borrowed evidence
d. Tradition
d. Tradition
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The primary concern of family members after a patient is admitted to the critical care unit is
A) length of stay. B) loss of control. C) fear of dying. D) cost.
A pregnant client plans to eat twice as many complex carbohydrates because of "eating for two." Which response should the nurse make to this client?
a. "That is correct for later in the pregnancy." b. "Carbohydrate needs increase, but not by that amount." c. "That is correct; just make sure it is mostly complex carbohydrates." d. "Space your carbohydrate intake throughout the day to avoid spikes in blood glucose."
The nurse prepares to assess for the Trousseau and Chvostek signs in a client. For which health problem is the nurse assessing this client?
a. Anemia b. Hypokalemia c. Hypocalcemia d. Hypophosphatemia
The nurse is preparing educational materials at a family planning clinic. The client who is an appropriate candidate for using emergency contraception would be one who reports:
A. Forgetting to start her pill pack yesterday. B. Unprotected intercourse during her menses. C. That a condom broke yesterday in the middle of her cycle. D. Increased dysmenorrhea since IUD insertion.