The nurse is caring for a postoperative client with an oxygen saturation of 90% who has fine crackles in both lung bases. Which action should the nurse take? 

What is the nursing process? 

The nurse enters the room of a client who is receiving oxygen at 4 L/min via nasal cannula. What actions should the nurse take to prevent complications? Select all that apply. 

The nurse administered a narcotic analgesic to a client who underwent an amputation below the knee a week ago and reports phantom pain. Which statement best explains this type of pain? 

In the________ technique, someone makes a large request, expects it to be refused, and follows it with a smaller one.

________ is a disorder in which a person typically alternates between periods of euphoric feelings of mania and periods of depression.

Ron is at work. He receives a phone call from the police station in his hometown, informing him that his mother has had an accident and has been hospitalized in critical condition. Ron’s ego attempts to reduce the anxiety from receiving the news by distorting reality and preventing him from acknowledging the situation. According to Freudian theory, Ron is most likely using a

The________ is the part of the personality that contains the memories, knowledge, beliefs, feelings, urges, drives, and instincts of which the individual is not aware.

Laura and Celia are identical twins. They were adopted at birth by different families and raised in different environments. However, there are a lot of behavioral similarities between them. In the context of developmental psychology, which of the following best explains this phenomenon?

An irresistible urge to repeatedly carry out some behavior that seems strange and unreasonable is referred to as