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As a student, you learn that your mother is in the hospital and you feel obligated to visit her but you also have an important exam tomorrow which you must study for.  In this situation, you are likely to experience:

What is the Hawthorne Effect?

Which of the following individuals is known for writing the Protestant Work Ethic and thought it was difficult, if not impossible, to use scientific methods to study people. 

The zero population theory suggests that we should limit the number of births every year. 

Which of the following sociologists was a German who studied the social class struggles over the means of production and predicted a worker revolt due to the inequalities he perceived in capitalism? 

Which type of society is the United States? 

In which type of society are you most likely to find organic solidarity? 

What was the objective of the Tuskegee Experiment? 

The term sociology was coined  by:

After assessing a client who is receiving an amiodarone intravenous infusion for unstable ventricular tachycardia, the nurse documents the findings and compares these with the previous assessment findings: Vital Signs Nursing Assessment Time: 0800Temperature: 98° FHeart rate: 68 beats/minBlood pressure: 135/60 mm HgRespiratory rate: 14 breaths/minOxygen saturation: 96%Oxygen therapy: 2 L nasal cannulaTime: 1000Temperature: 98.2° FHeart rate: 49 beats/minBlood pressure: 101/57 mm HgRespiratory rate: 16 breaths/minOxygen saturation: 95%Oxygen therapy: 2 L nasal cannula Time: 0800Client alert and oriented.Cardiac rhythm: normal sinus rhythm.Skin: warm, dry, and appropriate for race.Respirations equal and unlabored.Client denies shortness of breath and chest pain.Time: 1000Client alert and oriented.Cardiac rhythm: sinus bradycardia.Skin: warm, dry, and appropriate for race.Respirations equal and unlabored.Client denies shortness of breath and chest pain.Client voids 420 mL of clear yellow urine. Based on the above assessments, which action should the nurse take?