Hope may be used effectively with patients who have terminal ...

[newyorker26]

Hope may be used effectively with patients who have terminal diseases. Hope is a common theme with which of the following?
 
  a. A relationship with a divinity
  b. A system of organized beliefs
  c. Cultural connectedness
  d. Meaning and purpose

Question 2

The nurse determines that the patient's wound may be infected. In order to perform a quantitative swab for wound culture, which of the following actions should the nurse take?
 
  a. Collect the superficial drainage.
  b. Collect the culture before cleansing the wound.
  c. Obtain a culturette tube and use sterile technique.
  d. Use the same technique as for collecting an anaerobic culture.

[macybarnes]

Answer to Question 1

D

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A Faith is a relationship with a divinity or higher power.
B Religion is a system of organized beliefs, especially in God or gods.
C Spirituality provides a cultural connectedness.
D Hope provides a sense of meaning and purpose. When a person has hope, he or she has an attitude of something to live for and look forward to.

Answer to Question 2

C

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A The nurse never collects a wound culture sample from old or superficial drainage. Resident colonies of bacteria from the skin grow in superficial drainage and may not be the true causative organisms of a wound infection.
B The nurse should clean the wound first with normal saline to remove skin flora, before obtaining the culture.
C To collect a quantitative swab for a wound culture, the nurse uses a sterile swab from a culturette tube and sterile technique.
D The nurse uses different methods of specimen collection for aerobic or anaerobic organisms.