The manager of a mental health care unit wants to promote a safe and healing environment. Which action should the manager take to achieve this goal? (Select all that apply.)
1. Balance the budget each month.
2. Maintain a restraint-free/seclusion-free environment.
3. Plan a birthday party each month so staff can socialize.
4. Moderate in nurse/physician disagreements when they arise.
5. Use national benchmarks to advocate for optimal staffing ratios.
4. Moderate in nurse/physician disagreements when they arise.
5. Use national benchmarks to advocate for optimal staffing ratios.
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The best response to the patient by the nurse would be A) "I will tell your physician that you are concerned about taking insulin during your pregnancy." B) "You will have to discontinue the insulin therapy during your pregnancy, but you will resume the medication after delivery." C) "You will need to continue taking your insulin because hyperglycemia is thought to contribute to low birth weight." D) "Insulin is usually the drug of choice for controlling blood glucose levels during pregnancy because it does not cross into the placenta."
A wheelchair-dependent older woman would most likely develop skin breakdown at:
a. C7. b. the iliac crests. c. L4. d. the gibbus.
Nurses and caregivers need to be aware of the more common opportunistic infections associated with AIDS. Which of the following infections causes small, painful blisters on the skin of the lips, nose, or genitalia?
A) Cryptococcus B) Cytomegalovirus C) Toxoplasmosis D) Histoplasmosis
The nurse is ordered to obtain a specimen from a client using bronchoalveolar lavage. Which of the following diseases is this test most often used to diagnose?
A) Pulmonary tuberculosis B) COPD C) Bronchitis D) Pneumonia