When Performing a Digital Rectal Examination to Determine the Presence

question 17

Multiple Choice

When performing a digital rectal examination to determine the presence of fecal impaction, the nurse must be alert for:

• A) increasing blood pressure.
• B) increasing respiratory rate.
• C) reflexing incontinence.
• D) decreasing heart rate.

Understand the importance of ethics, reliability, and validity in sociological research.

Enhance critical thinking and creative skills in constructing and evaluating sociological research questions and answers.

Understand the historical approaches to health and illness, including medieval remedies and the impact of the Black Death.

Recognize the composition and functions of public health systems and their role in preventing diseases.

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Definitions:

Stereotypes

Oversimplified generalized ideas or perceptions about members of a group that can lead to misconceptions and discriminatory behaviors.

Socialization

entails the process by which individuals learn and internalize the norms, values, behaviors, and social skills appropriate to their society or culture.

Assimilation

The process by which individuals or groups adopt the customs and attitudes of other cultures, often losing aspects of their original culture.

Metamorphosis

A transformation or change in shape, form, or substance, particularly in nature or literature, symbolizing growth or change.