Check Your Understanding Questions
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A nurse should observe which four elements of nonverbal communication in patients? What is the importance of each?
2
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A nurse needs to obtain a height on a bedridden female patient. How would the nurse accomplish this task?
3
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A nurse obtains a pulse of 90 beats per minute in a 19-year-old. The normal range for this age is 60 to 100 beats per minute, and this patient’s trends are 46 to 71 beats per minute. What action should the nurse take?
4
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Explain why athletes and fit adolescents have a slower heart rate than adults.
5
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A patient is diagnosed with atelectasis following a cholecystectomy. Explain the rationale for the development of atelectasis.
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Why would a nurse expect a patient diagnosed with atherosclerosis to also have hypertension?