What Is the Best Way for the Nurse to Know

question 37

Multiple Choice

What is the best way for the nurse to know whether pain medication has been effective?

• A)The patient stops groaning.
• B)The patient's vital signs return to normal.
• C)The patient goes to sleep.
• D)The patient states the pain is relieved.

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Definitions:

Evolutionary Change

The evolution process by which distinct forms of life are understood to have evolved and spread out from previous versions throughout the history of Earth.

Extinction

The permanent loss of all members of a species, making it unable to survive, reproduce, or recover in its natural environment.

Abiotic Factors

Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.

Cambrian

A geological period approximately 541 million years ago marked by a rapid diversification of life forms in the fossil record.