The Nurse Is Checking the Traction Apparatus for a Client

question 20

Multiple Choice

The nurse is checking the traction apparatus for a client in skin traction. Which finding would require the nurse to intervene?

• A) Body aligned opposite to line of traction pull
• B) Weights hanging and touching the floor
• C) Pulleys without evidence of the obstruction
• D) Ropes freely moving over pulleys

Identify heuristics and understand their impact on decision-making through biases.

Comprehend the persuasive argument theory and its significance in communication.

Understand the actor-observer difference and its impact on perception.

Describe the halo effect and its influence on perception, including its relationship with the similar-to-me effect.

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Definitions:

Developmental Stage

A period in a person's life characterized by specific psychological or physical attributes typically associated with certain age ranges.

Defense Mechanisms

Psychological strategies used unconsciously by individuals to protect themselves from anxiety and unacceptable impulses.

Conscious Forms

Refers to the aspects or configurations of conscious experience that are known and understood by an individual.

Oral-Retentive

Characterized by behaviors thought to be the result of a fixation in the oral stage of psychosexual development, often manifesting as meticulousness or stinginess.