Answer to Question 1
D
Technology assessments are used to look at safety, effectiveness, and costs associated with technology, with the final outcome being decisions on resource allocation.
A technology assessment is not used to compare different brands of equipment.
A technology assessment does not evaluate equipment for its currentness.
The technology assessment findings would not be used to distribute technology evenly across units.
Answer to Question 2
A, B, C, E
Nightingale believed that nurses should manipulate environmental conditions to enhance healing, including ventilation (air flow), light, noise, and temperature. The nurse may not have any control over roommates.
Pupil assessment; B, moving penlight directly in front of pupil.
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Performing a Gram Stain
Performing a Microhematocrit
Equipment Used During the Physical Assessment
Performing the Trendelenburg test: Watching for filling