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lb_gilbert

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The new nursing student is working on a surgical unit and observes some patients developing a low-grade fever of 99F a few hours after their surgery. The most appropriate action for the student to take to gain some insight into her observation is to:
 
  a. Ask an experienced nursing instructor why this might be occurring
  b. Talk to someone about starting a research study
  c. Formulate a searchable question and research the literature
  d. Speak with a surgeon from the unit

Question 2

The nurse enters a patient's room and notes he is nauseous, vomiting, and experiencing abdominal pain, and has no bowel sounds.
 
  She concludes that the patient's symptoms may be associated with a paralytic ileus. In arriving at this conclusion, the nurse has used:
  a. Inductive reasoning
  b. Deductive reasoning
  c. Guesswork
  d. Diagnostics


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A


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Reply #2 on: Jul 22, 2018
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