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The nurse is caring for a client who had a thoracotomy 1 hour ago and reports incisional pain at a level 7 out of 10 and has decreased left-sided breath sounds. The pleural drainage system has 100 mL of bloody drainage and a large air leak. Which of thefollowing actions is best for the nurse to take next?
Spatial Equivalence
Refers to the concept that different physical configurations can be perceived as the same if they maintain certain relationships or proportions.
Temporal Lobes
Regions of the cerebral cortex located on both sides of the brain, involved in processing auditory information and encoding memory.
Demand Characteristics
Aspects of an experimental setting that lead participants to guess the purpose of the study and adjust their behavior to what they believe the experiment expects.
Experimenter-Expectancy Effect
A bias in research outcomes where the researcher's expectations inadvertently influence the participants' performance.
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