The nurse takes into consideration the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards for pain assessment and treatment include:

Examine the hypothetical flood frequency curve for the Yellowstone River plotted above. How often should you expect the river to reach a stage of 23 feet above the guage datum. Record your answer to the the nearest year. Type only a numerical response – do not type in units.

A patient who has pain rated as a 7 on a scale from 0 to 10 continues to have pain despite having medication 2 hours ago. Which response should the nurse make when the patient requests additional medication?

Examine the hill outlined by the yellow line in the photograph above. It is composed of a wide mix of different sized sediment deposited directly by ice. What name would you give to this landform?

Examine the topographic map above. A landform made of a mix of gravel and sand deposited during mud and debris flows, as well as in intermittent braided streams, is marked by a series of red arrows. What name best describes this landform?

Examine the map above. Two points on an unnnamed stream are marked as points X and Y. If the distance between these two points is 0.35 miles, determine the gradient of this stream (in feet/mile) to the nearest tenth. Type only a numerical response – do not type in units.

Based on the information presented in the topographic map above, what would be the best name for the landforms depicted in the center of the map?

A patient complains of nausea. What type of herbal therapy would the nurse identify that would help decrease nausea?

Before integrating humor in the care of an Asian patient, the nurse should:

The nurse performs an abdominal assessment and notes hyperactive bowel sounds. This is consistent with: