A nurse is helping a patient design a weight-loss diet. To lose 1 pound of fat (3,500 calories) per week, how many calories should be decreased each of the 7 days of the week?
A) 100 B) 250 C) 500 D) 1,000
C
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The nurse is caring for an older adult patient who has a history of depression. Which comment by the patient indicates an immediate need for further assessment?
a. "I am so old; all my friends have died." b. "I am useless now; there is no reason to be alive." c. "I am looking forward to seeing my husband in heaven someday." d. "I retire in 6 months, and it will be all downhill from there." ____
A patient presents at the clinic with complaints of weight loss despite an increased appetite. The nurse assesses this patient for what?
A) Chronic thyroiditis B) Hypercalcemia C) Hypothyroidism D) Hyperthyroidism
The nurse is teaching a class on HIV/AIDS in a local community setting. Which of the following are accurate descriptions of these conditions that could be included as teaching points?
A) The terms HIV and AIDS are synonymous. B) AIDS is the virus responsible for causing HIV. C) HIV is a retrovirus overtaking living cells to duplicate itself. D) The only known cure for AIDS is HAART.
The nurse recognizes that to move from a "culture of blame" to one of "safety management" will require certain steps and determination. What provision best describes one of these steps?
A) Legal protections for medical error reporting to prevent voluntarily shared information from being subpoenaed or used in legal discovery B) Increasingly severe disciplinary penalties for employees who commit errors that harm patients C) That each employee keeps a portfolio documenting errors he or she has made for review at his or her annual performance appraisal D) That organizations keep their quality-control data confidential so as not to unduly alarm consumers