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Nurses recognize that the use of beta-blockers within 24 hours of emergency department arrival for a patient with acute myocardial infarction is a standard of care established by health care re-gulating agencies based on which known action of this
 
  medication? a. Beta-blockers are antihypertensives.
  b. Beta-blockers reduce the workload of the heart.
  c. Beta-blockers reduce the heart rate.
  d. Beta-blockers reduce the patient's chest pain.

Question 2

The staff developer has just completed a session on cultural diversity and nursing care. One of the questions on the final exam asks the participants about their feeling related to caring for clients from different ethnic groups than the nurse's.
 
  The staff developer is measuring which domain of learning? a. Cognitive c. Psychomotor
  b. Affective d. Effective



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Answer to Question 1

B

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A This is an action of beta-blockers but is not the best reason for their effects.
B Beta-blocker actions on the heart are best understood by the effect on the work-load of the heart by reducing the cardiac output and heart rate.
C This is an action of beta-blockers but is not the best reason for their effects.
D This is an action of beta-blockers but is not the best reason for their effects.

Answer to Question 2

B
Asking the nurses about their feelings is a method used to measure the affective domain of learning.
The affective domain is centered on attitude, values, beliefs, and feelings of the learner.



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