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big1devin

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A 38-year-old postoperative patient is suddenly unresponsive but is still breathing. The nurse will use which site to assess the patient's pulse?
 
  a. Apical artery
  b. Radial artery
  c. Carotid artery
  d. Brachial artery

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A nurse who grew up in Korea has been in the United States for the past 4 years. The nurse is especially sensitive about the differences in how mourning is different between the native culture and that of Western society.
 
  The nurse should use which model of mourning to help understand an action-oriented process of grieving? a. Bowlby's Four Phases
  b. Worden's Four Tasks
  c. Rando's R Process
  d. Kbler-Ross' Five Stages



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When a patient's condition suddenly deteriorates, use the carotid site to quickly locate a pulse. Assess any accessible artery for pulse rate; however, use the radial or carotid arteries most often because they are easy to locate and palpate. The radial and apical locations are the most common sites for pulse rate assessment. Use the radial or carotid pulse when teaching patients how to monitor their own heart rates. The brachial artery is not usually a primary site for checking pulse.

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Rando's R Process Model of mourning is specific to Western society. Mourning is an action-oriented process involving recognizing the loss, reacting to the pain of separation, reminiscence, relinquishing old attachments, and readjusting to life after loss. Attachment, the foundation of Bowlby's (1980) four phases of mourning, is an instinctive behavior, which leads to the development of life-long bonds of affection between children and their primary caregivers. The four tasks of mourning theory (Worden, 1982) describes how individuals help themselves through mourning and ask others for help. Kbler-Ross' (1969) classic theory identifies five responses to loss: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.





 

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