A client tells a nurse, "I think I could understand my illness better if I could just read an article or pamphlet about it." This client is what type of learner?
a. visual c. auditory
b. kinesthetic d. unmotivated
A
Learning domains are usually classified as cognitive, related to intellectual understanding (e.g., learning to identify the risk factors for development of breast cancer); affective, related to attitudes, beliefs, and emotions (e.g., recognizing the value of performing breast self-examination); and psychomotor, related to performance of motor skills (e.g., learning to perform breast self-examination). The nurse as teacher must be aware of all these domains when developing teaching plans for clients.
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a. Increased risk for acidosis b. Decreased risk for acidosis c. Increased risk for alkalosis d. Decreased risk for alkalosis
The nurse is caring for a postpartal patient who has just delivered her first baby by caesarean section. The mother's blood type is Rh-negative, and the infant's blood type is Rh-positive
The provider has ordered human D immune globulin (RhoGAM). The nurse understands that this patient will need a. less than the usual RhoGAM dose. b. more than the usual RhoGAM dose. c. no RhoGAM. d. the usual RhoGAM dose.
A student nurse would properly contact and advise the supervisory staff nurse if
1. A patient demands to be moved to a different room but will not say why. 2. A physically larger patient for whom the student nurse is providing ambulation therapy has trouble getting back into bed and the student is unable to get him into bed herself. 3. A patient seems to be trying to communicate something urgent but cannot do so because of a language barrier. 4. A patient's condition seems worse than at the staff nurse's last assessment.
Match each term below with the type of cells, functions, or organs that are derived from it: ___ Ectoderm ___ Inner cell mass ___ Entoderm ___ Mesoderm
A. Tissues used for support, motion, circulation, urination, generation B. Tissues that form inner layers of the body and linings of organs C. Tissues that form the external covering of the body and organs that contact the external environment D. The collection of cells that gives rise to the distinct germ layers