A Client Has Just Been Admitted, Is Complaining of Shortness

question 12

Multiple Choice

A client has just been admitted, is complaining of shortness of breath, has no pallor, no cyanosis and no accessory muscle use with respirations. The client's respiratory rate is 16 breaths per minute. The nurse is performing the assessment and continues to ask herself how the client's report and the physical findings conflict. This nurse is using which universal standard of critical thinking?

• A) Logicalness.
• B) Significance.
• C) Accuracy.
• D) Clarity.

Understand the principles of beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, and autonomy in ethical counseling practice.

Recognize the legal and ethical obligations of counselors in the selection and administration of assessments.

Understand the significance of evaluating test norms and ensuring tests are appropriate for the client's demographic.

Recognize the role of professional associations in developing ethical standards.

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Definitions:

Bond Issue

The process by which a company or governmental entity raises funds by selling bonds to investors, which are debt securities obligating the issuer to pay interest and repay principal at a later date.

Effective Interest Method

An accounting technique used to allocate the bond premium or discount over the life of the bond in a way that results in a constant rate of interest.

Interest Expense

Interest expense is the cost incurred by an entity for borrowed funds, typically reported on the income statement within the financing or other expenses section.

Discount Amortization

The process of gradually writing off the initial discount on a bond or loan over the life of the instrument, affecting the issuer's interest expense.