The Nurse Is Teaching a Patient About Using High-Dose Aspirin

question 12

Multiple Choice

The nurse is teaching a patient about using high-dose aspirin to treat arthritis. What information will the nurse include when teaching this patient?

• A) "A normal serum aspirin level is between 30 and 40 mg/dL."
• B) "You may need to stop taking this drug a week prior to surgery."
• C) "You will need to monitor aspirin levels if you are also taking warfarin."
• D) "Your stools may become dark, but this is a harmless side effect."

Appreciate the role of artifacts in communicating and reinforcing organizational culture.

Identify cultural obstacles in organizational change and mergers and ways to overcome them.

Recognize the value of promoting a diverse and inclusive organizational culture.

Examine the competing values framework and its application in evaluating organizational cultures.

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Definitions:

Instinct

An innate, typically fixed pattern of behavior in animals that is responsive to specific stimuli and critical for survival.

Memory

The processes by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved.

Functional Fixedness

A cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used, preventing them from seeing potential alternative uses.

Mental Set

A tendency to approach situations in a certain way because that method worked in the past, possibly hindering the ability to find alternative solutions.