A patient admitted yesterday with a diagnosis-related group (DRG) diagnosis of abdominal pain of an unknown cause is being discharged this afternoon because all diagnostic test results have been negative. What does this scenario exemplify?
a. Effective laboratory response
b. Medicare guidelines limiting hospital stay
c. Cost containment related to a DRG diag-nosis
d. Patient who should not have been admit-ted in the first place
C
Cost containment is a means by which the cost of hospitalization time is reduced when the need for acute hospital care is no longer necessary.
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a. It is seen in males and females equally. b. It is transmitted by symptom-free females. c. It is a sex-linked dominant trait. d. It is a defective gene located on the Y chromosome.
The nurse records observations of patients' melanomas. Which of the following melanomas would indicate poorest prognosis?
A) Deep, darkly pigmented papule on the back B) Thin, red-pigmented, flat lesion on the arm C) Thin, irregularly pigmented lesion on the leg D) Thin, variably pigmented plaque on the chest
An older adult client with type 2 diabetes and hypertension asks the nurse, "What should my blood pressure goal be?" How should the nurse respond?
A) "Less than 190/88 mmHg." B) "Less than 150/90 mmHg." C) "Less than 140/88 mmHg." D) "Less than 130/90 mmHg."
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