Which healthcare worker should the nurse consult to counsel a patient about financial and family stressors affecting healthcare?

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The social worker coordinates services and counsels patients about financial, housing, marital, and family issues affecting healthcare, making them the appropriate consultant.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Resting for 20 minutes when a patient is emotional (C) is appropriate to ensure an accurate baseline pulse, not inappropriate. Measuring heart and pulse rates simultaneously for a short pulse (A) or using heart rate for weak pulses (B) are correct. Using the thumb (D) risks confusing the nurse’s pulse with the patient’s and is inappropriate.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Intermittent fever, with spikes followed by normal temperatures, is characteristic of malaria (D) due to periodic parasite release. Influenza (A) and sepsis (C) cause more sustained fevers; typhoid (B) has a stepwise pattern.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Infection prevention protects all—patients, staff, visitors—not just workers (A), surgical cases (C), or communicable diseases (D).

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Vital signs—pulse, respiration, temp, BP—reflect core status. Others (A, C, D) are assessments, not routine vitals.