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The student nurse asks a nursing assistive personnel (NAP) to help move a patient up in bed. The student nurse instructs the NAP to position the patient in bed to avoid which of the following factors that would contribute to pressure ulcer formation?

A nurse examines a patient’s auditory canal and tympanic membrane with an otoscope and observes which finding as normal?

A patient has been suffering from liver cancer for more than a year. The family has requested hospice services. The family members are taking turns staying with the patient. They have been reminiscing with the patient about her life and are now saying their good-byes. The type of grief that this family is experiencing is best described as which of the following?

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during cellular metabolism is best described as which of the following?

A patient has been suffering from liver cancer for more than a year. The family has requested hospice services. The family members are taking turns staying with the patient. They have been reminiscing with the patient about her life and are now saying their good-byes. The type of grief that this family is experiencing is best described as which of the following?

Which of the following gives direct visualization of the rectum and sigmoid colon?

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide during cellular metabolism is best described as which of the following?

A new nurse is using evidence-based practice (EBP) to provide care. Which action should the nurse take first?

A new nurse is using evidence-based practice (EBP) to provide care. Which action should the nurse take first?

A patient on the surgical unit is 1 day postoperative for surgery to remove stomach cancer. In addition to the physiological stress this patient has undergone, the nurse recognizes that this patient will have to deal with the psychological stress of finding out that the cancer has metastasized to the liver. Which physiological change would the nurse expect to see as a response to stress?