A nurse is caring for a client in the emergency department (ED) who was brought in by her adult child for vague, flu-like symptoms. While helping the client to change into a gown, the nurse notices numerous bruises on the client’s back and arms. When questioned, the client is distracted and ambiguous with her answers. Which action should the nurse take?

The nurse is caring for a client in an emergency situation. The nurse takes a phone order from the health care provider for an abnormally high dose of a medication. What should the nurse do next?

During a nursing assessment of an older adult female client, the nurse would enhance communication by taking which action?

A nursing student questions the primary nurse about instilling air into a nasogastric tube to confirm placement when they learned that x-ray validation of the tube’s tip in the stomach reflects best practice. The student is validating safe nursing practice with which type of knowledge?

The registered nurse is educating the client on the new antihypertensive medications he will be on, including the frequency, dosage and major side effects. After the education provided, the nurse states, “Tell me two side effects you will report immediately to your provider.” This is an example of what type of learning?

A nurse provides information, assistance, and encouragement to clients during the various phases of nursing care. In which activity does the nurse use counseling skills?

Why are the developmental theories important to nursing practice?

The nurse forgets to put the call light within the client’s reach and then leaves the room. The client reaches for it and falls out of bed. With what should the nurse expect to be charged?

If the data are normally distributed, and the mean is 100, and the standard deviation is 15, then what is the probability that one, random observation has a value of exactly 70?  

There is a 75% chance that a random company will meet its earnings expectations in a random quarter. If we take a random sample of 4 companies, what is the probability that exactly 3 of the companies meet their earnings expectations in that quarter? (round to the nearest %) (There are tables and special calculators that can “spit out” this answer directly, including in Excel and many graphing calculators…and you’re welcome to use those. But the “by hand” calculation is easy and discussed in our chapter.)