A nurse caring for a patient with a chair alarm will do which of the following interventions as recommended by the National Safety Goals to prevent alarm fatigue?

Halloween costume makers and retailers make generous profits from selling costumes that allow their wearers to be Indian princesses or gypsies. What are they engaging in by profiting from the stereotypical display of marginalized groups without fully understanding and appreciating the culture?

To ensure an accurate reading when using a glass oral thermometer, it is necessary to:

Recognizing the stages of an infection assists the nurse in identifying the progression of an infection.  The nurse knows that the period begins when an organism first enters the body and lasts until the onset of symptoms.   The organism multiplies and the virus can be transmitted during this period.  The period is the short time from the onset of vague symptoms to the beginning of specific symptoms of infection.  During the period, localized and systemic signs and symptoms appear.  The individual may have fever, malaise, or headache.  The period begins when symptoms begin to subside and ends when the patient has returned to normal health.

A nurse is working on a medical unit where restraints have been routinely used on patients to prevent them from injury. For which situations would the use of restraints be indicated? Select all that apply.

When a frail 83-year-old patient whose temperature was 96.8° F at 8:00 AM shows a temperature of 98.6° F at 4:00 PM, the nurse is:

A patient is discharged home with a draining wound that was infected and for which he was on Contact Precautions while in the hospital. He lives at home with his 48-year-old wife and their 17-year-old daughter. It is most important to emphasize to this patient that:

The nurse instructs a patient that in order to reduce diseases that are transmitted via droplet, the nose and mouth should be covered by a ________________ when coughing or sneezing.

What would a sociologist call the belief that members of one racial group are genetically predisposed to be more intelligent than members of another racial group?

An example of discrimination is