The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Is Being

question 10

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient who is being evaluated clinically for brain death by a physician.Which assessment findings by the nurse support brain death?

• A) Absence of a corneal reflex
• B) Unequal, reactive pupils
• C) Withdrawal from painful stimuli
• D) Core temperature of 100.8° F

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Definitions:

Nonvocal Activities

Behavioral actions that do not involve speech, such as gestures, facial expressions, and body language, which communicate social information.

Accounting Practices

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Ethnomethodological

Pertaining to a sociological approach that focuses on the ways in which individuals use everyday conversation and gestures to construct a common sense of reality.

Ethnomethodological

Ethnomethodological pertains to a research approach in sociology focused on the ways people make sense of their everyday lives, emphasizing the methods and practices they use to interpret and give structure to the social world.