In providing personal hygiene for a Hindu patient from India, the nurse should:
a. not serve meat.
b. shampoo the patient's hair weekly.
c. give a daily bath.
d. cut nails monthly.
C
A daily bath is part of the religious duty of Indian Hindus.
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A health care worker who is providing care for the family should have which of the following statements as part of her knowledge base around the disease? A) The common pattern of inheritance is an affected mother who carries one normal and one mutant allele. B) The boy's mother had a 100% chance of transmitting the defective gene to her son. C) Genes of the boy's Y chromosome can be affected in addition to the X chromosome. D) The boy will pass the gene to all his future daughters who will become carriers.
A 62-year old man with chronic anemia is experiencing increased fatigue and occasional palpitations at rest. The nurse would expect the patient's laboratory findings to include
a. a hematocrit (Hct) of 38%. b. an RBC count of 4,500,000/?L. c. normal red blood cell (RBC) indices. d. a hemoglobin (Hgb) of 8.6 g/dL (86 g/L).
A patient who has been newly diagnosed with diabetes and prescribed insulin therapy asks why more than one injection of insulin each day will be required. What is the nurse's best response?
a. "You need to start with multiple injections for practice until you become more proficient at self-injection." b. "A single daily dose of insulin would not match your blood insulin levels to your food intake patterns closely enough." c. "Using just one dose of insulin daily would require you to eat no more than one meal each day and you could not exercise." d. "If all your insulin were in just one injection, the dose would be too large to be absorbed predictably and you would be in danger of unexpected insulin shock."
How are the funds obtained to pay for the Medicare program?
a. A "Medicare" tax paid by all employees who pay Social Security tax b. A tax on wages paid by employer and employee c. Money from the federal income tax paid by all citizens d. Social security funds paid by employer and employee