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evelyn o bentley

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The patient is complaining of a severe headache. The nurse takes the patient's blood pressure and finds it to be 240/110 . What is the pulse pressure?
 
  a. 110
  b. 240
  c. 130
  d. 350

Question 2

When caring for patients, the nurse understands that the single most important technique to prevent and control the transmission of infection is:
 
  a. hand hygiene.
  b. the use of disposable gloves.
  c. the use of isolation precautions.
  d. sterilization of equipment.



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Answer to Question 1

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The difference between systolic pressure and diastolic pressure is the pulse pressure. For a blood pressure of 240/110 , the pulse pressure is 130 . The diastolic pressure is 110 . The systolic pressure is 240 . The sum of the systolic and diastolic pressures is 350 .

Answer to Question 2

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The most important and most basic technique in preventing and controlling transmission of infection is hand hygiene. Use of disposable gloves may help reduce the transmission of infection, but it is not the single most important technique to prevent and control the transmission of infection. Neither the use of isolation precautions nor the sterilization of equipment is the single most important technique to prevent and control the transmission of infection.





 

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