NCLEX and Nursing Board Exam Fundamentals of Nursing Bullets
Posted in Fundamentals of Nursing by Cedric On July 28, 2009
A blood pressure cuff that’s too narrow can cause a falsely elevated blood pressure reading. When preparing a single injection for a patient who takes regular and neutral protein Hagedorn insulin, the nurse should draw the regular insulin into the syringe first
NCLEX and Nursing Board Exam Maternal and Child Nursing Bullets
Unlike false labor, true labor produces regular rhythmic contractions, abdominal discomfort, progressive descent of the fetus, bloody show, and progressive effacement and dilation of the cervix. To help a mother break the suction of her breast-feeding infant, the nurse should teach her
NCLEX and Nursing Board Exam Psychiatric Nursing Bullets
According to Kübler-Ross, the five stages of death and dying are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Flight of ideas is an alteration in thought processes that’s characterized by skipping from one topic to another, unrelated topic. La belle indifférence is the