Industry changes that have increased the risk of WRMSDs include: Emphasis change from patient care to workflow practices and productivity SDMS Industry Standards document that provided guidelines for equipment manufacturers, employers, sonographers, and educators regarding WRMSD in the profession Use of computers in completing exams, patient histories, and image review

All of the following apply to tendons except:

A key component to effective communication with a patient is:

Which of the following apply to stability muscles?

Which of the following is used to measure a patient’s respiratory rate?

What should be suggested to a patient to aid with the pain of claudication?

The nurse initiates the application of a draw sheet on every bedfast patient on her unit to facilitate lifting and to prevent _________ forces.

What stage of family development involves the grown children departing from home?

The nurse recommends a breathing technique to help a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to empty the lungs of used air and to promote inhalation of adequate oxygen. What is this method of breathing called?

A child who has just begun to demonstrate egocentric thinking is in which of the Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?