A nurse is evaluating a nursing students understanding of arterial and venous clotting. The student demonstrates the correct understanding by identifying which of the following manifestations as indications of a venous clot. 

A patient presents to the vascular lab for a lower extremity venous duplex exam. The patient states they have Factor V Leiden thrombophilia. Under which component of Virchow’s triad does this risk factor fall under?

Bidirectional flow from incompetent valves in the perforator vein will:

A precepting nurse is evaluating a new graduate nurses’ understanding of oxygenation and ventilation in a client with respiratory failure. Which response by the new graduate nurse indicates the correct method to evaluate both oxygenation and ventilation? 

Which finding in a client with a diagnosis of stable angina is most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?

The provider has put the patient on a clear liquid diet.  The nurse is observing the tray and recognizes which item is not permitted on a clear liquid diet?

Select all TRUE statements about IVC filters:

Deep venous system insufficiency is diagnosed when reflux time is greater than 

A 25-year-old female presents for a venous duplex evaluation with a 5 day hx of left leg pain and edema. A spectral analysis of the LT CFV reveals a nearly continuous flow pattern with little respiratory change. You would be highly suspicious of:

 SHORT ANSWER:  When going through the steps of the perception, the human brain wants to operate quickly and with efficiency.  E.T. Hall discusses this as an urge to avoid “Information Overload”.   Neuliep, your textbook author, also addresses the concept when he describes the effects of “Mental Economy”.   I recently encountered similar perspectives in a webinar that referenced a human need to  put things into categories.    Although this way of using the brain with hyper-efficiency may start out as a useful, economical function, there can be negative, unexpected consequences–especially in Intercultural Communication contexts.   What is one(1) such example of a negative impact due to this human tendency toward perceptual shortcuts?  Be specific.