Answer to Question 1
D
The Senate has the primary responsibility for such political appointments as judges, ambassadors, the surgeon general, cabinet members, and federal agency directors. The nurse should write (or call) the senators from his or her state.
The majority party's leadership would not necessarily be involved in a judicial appointment.
The House of Representatives does not have primary responsibility for judicial appointments.
The president nominates people for judicial appointments but does not get them appointed.
Answer to Question 2
B
Context is the biggest influence on the interpretation of communication, and it means more than the place and time in which communication occurred. The nuances and shared meanings that occur in each situation give rise to individually constructed meanings. In the setting of a new terminal diagnosis, the nurse was aware of contextually driven communication needs and responded by wanting to hug the patient.
Nurses do become closer to some patients than to others, but this is a very narrow explanation.
Touch is part of therapeutic communication, but this is too narrow an explanation.
Values are part of all communication encounters, but this is too narrow to explain the appropriateness of the different responses.
When using an interpreter, the nurse should pose questions directly to the patient, not the interpre
The nurse needs to note the source of the patient health history
The nurse is using Standard Precautions to draw blood.
The nurse applies a pulse oximeter sensor on the client’s finger.
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