The nurse is preparing to assess the temperature of a child post oral surgery suspected of having an infection. Which route should the nurse use?
A. Axillary.
B. Rectal.
C. Tympanic.
D. Oral.
Answer: C
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While caring for a laboring woman, the nurse notices a pattern of variable decelerations in fetal heart rate with uterine contractions. What is the nurse's initial action?
a. Stop the oxytocin infusion. b. Increase the intravenous flow rate. c. Reposition the woman on her side. d. Start oxygen via nasal cannula.
A nurse has gone to the human resources director to complain about a recent appraisal. The nurse informs the HR director he did not agree with some comments on the appraisal
Which of the following comments by the HR director would be appropriate? 1. ?You?ll need to follow up with your manager.? 2. ?You don?t have to agree with the appraisal but you do have to sign it.? 3. ?You have the right to file a written appeal.? 4. ?You should have one of your peers review your appraisal.?
The nurse is with a young patient who has just been informed of his terminal illness. His heart rate increases, his eyes dilate, and his blood pressure increases. The nurse recognizes this response as what?
A) Part of the limbic system response B) Sympathetic nervous response C) Hypothalamic-pituitary response D) Local adaptation syndrome
Balancing work and other roles is a task of:
1. middle adulthood. 2. young adulthood. 3. older adulthood. 4. late adulthood.