compre 2nd try

• Nursing research era outcome

  Nursing theoretical works shift the focus to the patient
• Nursing theorist who developed transcultural nursing theory

  Madeleine Leininger
• An idea that is suggested or presented as possibly true but that is not known or proven to be true is NOT a true statement regarding epistemology
• Most appropriate action when expecting a phone call from a physician during an admission interview

  Arrange for a time free interruption until the initial physical examination is complete
• Stethoscope diaphragm used for

  High-pitched sounds
• Indication that the patient needs further teaching regarding care of the eyes and eye medications

  "The risk of transmitting infection from one eye to the other is high."
• Preferred bimanual technique of breast examination for a woman

  Who has felt a change in the breast during self-examination
• Outstanding outcome of the Theory Utilization Era in the 21st century


  Nursing theoretical works shift the focus to the patient
• Most reliable indicator of pain in an adult patient

  The patient's self-report
• The sequence of physical examination of the abdomen is inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
• Normal resting size of the pupil

  3 to 5 mm
• Assessment finding that may be noted on inspection of the abdomen

  Abdominal contour
• Nail base angle greater than 160 degrees indicates


  Clubbing of fingers
• Clusters of data that indicate a trend or pattern supporting a specific patient need


  Difficulty in hearing, weight gain, shortness of breath
• Description of the frenulum

  The midline fold of tissue that connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth
• True statement about a nurse governed by a contract

  She is liable for damages if she violates her contract
• Normal color of the tympanic membrane

  Pearly gray
• Emphasis of Curriculum era in the historical eras of nursing search for specialized knowledge

  Courses included in nursing programs
• Appropriate documentation on a skin lesion

  Dark brown, raised lesion, with irregular border, on dorsum of the left hand, 3 cm in size with no drainage
• Patient's right to communicate with relatives and other persons and to receive visitors

  Right to Correspondence and to Receive Visitors
• Definition of operational definition

  How these concepts are used or will be used within the context of the phenomenon
• Appropriate documentation of a patient's reason for seeking care

  "spinning" sensation of the body for 2 hours
• Relationship between nurse and the patient does NOT constitute the criteria of a profession
• Statement indicating the student nurse is performing the implementation phase of the nursing process

  Patient used the call light system for assistance for each need to get up from the bed, after instruction by the nurse
• Time it takes for capillary beds to refill after being depressed

  1. 2 seconds
• Breast asymmetry in an adolescent

  May be normal
• Information described by the pitch of a sound wave

  Number of vibrations per second
• Best time to perform breast examination when teaching a female patient

  After menstruation
• Most appropriate action to verify the reliability of information provided by the patient during interview


  Rephrase the same questions later in the interview
• Patient's right to view the contents of his medical records, except psychiatric notes and other incriminatory information obtained about third parties

  Right to Medical Records
• Peplau's theory when establishing the nurse-patient relationship is influenced by both patient and nurse preconceptions
• Theory that describes the hierarchy of human needs

  Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
• Patient's right to avail himself/herself of any recommended diagnostic and treatment procedures

  Right to Appropriate Medical Care and Humane Treatment
• Primary source of data

  The patient
• Patient behavior indicating chronic pain is adequately controlled

  The patient rates the pain as 1/10
• Category of a concept when the nurse defines concepts used or will be used within the context of the phenomenon

  Operational Definition
• True statement about theory and scientific law

  Scientific law governs a single action, foundations for all science while theory can be changed or improved without changing, the overall truth
• Most appropriate action during interview

  Spend more time listening to the patient than talking
• The critical components of theory development are concepts, relational statements, and linkages and ordering
• Patient's right to a clear, truthful and substantial explanation of all proposed procedures

  Right to Informed Consent