Answer to Question 1
D
By assessing existing signs and symptoms (e.g., the condition of a wound, the presence of fever), you will determine whether a patient's clinical condition indicates the onset or extension of a systemic infection. The patient with an elevated temperature such as 101.3 F and a feeling of malaise is demonstrating signs of infection. When assessing laboratory data, consider the age of the patient. For example, in an older adult, bacterial growth in urine without clinical symptoms does not always indicate the presence of a urinary tract infection. Normal white blood cell count is 5000 to 10,000/mm3, so a patient with that level would not be showing a sign of infection unless he or she were already immunosuppressed. Redness at the incision site is a sign of inflammation, and the body's inflammatory response is a protective reaction that neutralizes pathogens and repairs body cells.
Answer to Question 2
A
The community health nurse provides direct care services to subpopulations within that community. Community health nursing is nursing care provided in the community, with the primary focus on the health care of individuals, families, and groups in the community. A community health nurse is not the same thing as a specialist in public health nursing. A community health nurse does not have to have case management certification. Although the community health nurse may practice care in existing services, the primary focus is on the subpopulation's care.
Patients are encouraged to take an active role in their health care.
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
A team of forensic experts working on remains recovered from Ovcara in the former Yugoslavia.
The nurse conveys attentive listening through a posture of involvement
A Partially Filled 50-Unit Insulin Syringe
Which of the following unit factors is not related to a 0.100 M NaBr solution? A