A patient underwent abdominal surgery for a ruptured appendix.The surgeon did not surgically close the wound.The wound healing process described in this situation is:

A) Primary intention healing
B) Secondary intention healing
C) Tertiary intention healing
D) Approximation healing

Which patient is most in need of discharge planning by the nurse?

A) A 29-year-old mother with strong family support who has a healthy newborn
B) A 59-year-old patient with an active lifestyle who has had an appendectomy
C) A 64-year-old patient with heart failure who has a limited income
D) A 56-year-old patient with a supporting spouse who has had a hysterectomy

The nurse is preparing to give an intramuscular injection to the patient in room 320.The patient care technician comes to the medication room and tells the nurse that the patient in room 316 is very angry with his roommate and is threatening to hit him.How should the nurse respond?

A) Tell the patient care technician to calm the patient down until she can get there.
B) Have the angry patient's roommate moved to another location.
C) Tell the angry patient to calm down until she can get there.
D) Tell the angry patient that he has to act civilized in the hospital,and that's that.

Construct Validity

A) Measures the appearance of the test, does the test look reasonable and does the survey make logical sense?
B) Measures one topic in two different ways.
C) Measures a concept that is not actually observable, established by exploring relationships with similar measures, and comparing scores among defined groups.
D) How well the test measures the specific items that it is intended to measure.

Factors that influence medication absorption are known as which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

A) Ability of a medication to dissolve
B) Blood flow
C) Body surface area
D) Water solubility of a medication
E) Lipid solubility of a medication

Which of the following is a characteristic in the learning process?

A) Perception of new information
B) Ability to remember or repeat the information
C) Incorporation of knowledge into one's value system
D) All of the above

The dorsal rami of the spinal nerves:

A) carry motor and sensory fibers to the spinal cord.
B) carry motor and sensory fibers to the extremities.
C) carry motor and sensory fibers to the muscles and organs of the body.
D) carry motor and sensory fibers to the muscles and skin of the back.