In critical care settings, mannitol is used to:
A) manage hypothermia.
B) lower the blood pressure.
C) reduce cerebral edema.
D) treat anaphylaxis.
Answer: C) reduce cerebral edema.
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1. Ask those involved to leave voice mail messages about any routine matter. 2. Encourage those involved in routine matters to call between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. each day. 3. Keep the office door open to be accessible to those dealing with these routine tasks. 4. Hold a meeting each week especially for dealing with routine and nonurgent matters.
"Sentinel event alerts" are published by The Joint Commission to do which of the following?
a. Learn from sentinel events that have occurred in other facilities and incorporate their recommendations for prevention into your own facility's policies. b. Notify hospitals that if a sentinel event occurs during an "alert," the hospital will be subject to withdrawal of Medicare and Medicaid certification and reimburse-ment. c. Prevent a near-miss from occurring. d. Assist hospitals to find national standardized performance measures to benchmark themselves against other similar hospitals.
Preventive strategies for delirium in hospitalized elderly include which of the following strategies?
a. limiting visits from family and friends b. assessing for and avoiding systemic and metabolic imbalances c. providing an abundance of environmental stimuli in the hospital d. having the elderly client wait longer for pain medication
The 2000 census estimated that about two in seven families reported a family member with a disability. The two leading causes of severe disability are:
1. Acquired brain and spinal cord injuries from motor vehicle accidents and falls 2. Cerebral palsy and birth defects 3. Paraplegia and quadriplegia 4. Violence and tobacco use