A nurse has reported for a shift at a busy burns and plastics unit in a large university hospital. Which client is most likely to have life-threatening complications?

A client is in hypovolemic shock. Which of the following findings best indicate an improvement in tissue perfusion as a result of fluid replacement therapy?

A client was admitted 2 days ago with cardiogenic shock. Today the nurse notes that the client’s systolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, and cardiac output are decreasing rapidly. Which intervention does the nurse do first?

A patient comes into the clinic with a minor burn on their right forearm. The nurse is teaching the patient first aid instructions for minor burns. Which of the following should not be included in the instructions?

A triage nurse in the ED is on shift when a grandfather carries his 4-year-old grandson into the ED. The child is not breathing, and the grandfather states the boy was stung by a bee in a nearby park. Which of the following would lead the nurse to suspect that the boy is experiencing anaphylactic shock?

The nurse is preparing to wean a client from the ventilator. Which assessment parameter is most important for the nurse to assess?

The proper interpretation of correlation coefficients allows the researcher to conclude that a relationship has a certain ______ and ______.

Which of the following is not a threat to internal validity?

A ______ involves the researcher studying within a specified population subgroup whose members share some common characteristic.

Which is true of both qualitative and quantitative research?