The nurse makes nutrition a focus in the care plan because of the role it plays in:
a. weight control.
b. sustained appetite.
c. building strong bones.
d. health maintenance.
D
Nutrition is the total of all processes involved in taking in and using food substances for proper growth, functioning, and maintenance of health.
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The nurse advises the client to talk with their insurance agent about the possibility of: 1. Long-term care insurance. 2. Extended Medicare coverage. 3. Investing a portion of his income for future needs. 4. Local nursing home prepayment.
Review the following mechanisms, and select the one by which anabolic steroids act
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Assessment of the intervention of pain control is of utmost importance. If the intervention is deemed ineffective, goals need to be reassessed and other measures need to be considered
What is the role of the nurse in obtaining additional pain relief for the patient? A) Primary caregiver B) Patient advocate C) Team leader D) Case manager
A nursing student's grandmother relates a time in the 1920s when medications were selected based upon the recommendation of a nurse who lived in the neighborhood. How is this possible?
1. This student's grandmother must have lived on a military base or facility where nurses were granted this privilege 2. Medications have always been selected based upon physician prescription. 3. Prior to 1938, most medications were over-the-counter and nurses were instrumental in their choice. 4. Prescriptive authority was removed from nurse practice acts in the 1950s.