A resident complains of diarrhea. The person needs assistance with ambulation. When the person's call light is on, you need to:
a. Answer promptly
b. Go to the person as soon as you finish as-sisting another resident
c. Ask a co-worker to help you
d. Tell the nurse
A
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a. p value b. Abstract c. Analysis d. Literature review
The nurse would expect a patient with which co-morbid diagnosis to have a magnified response to the usual dose of a benzodiazepine drug?
a. Rheumatoid arthritis b. Migraine headache c. Hepatic cirrhosis d. Osteoporosis
A nurse in a long-term care setting that is funded by Medicare and Medicaid is completing standardized protocols for assessment and care planning for reimbursement. Which task is the nurse completing?
a. A minimum data set b. An admission assessment and acuity level c. A focused assessment/specific body system d. An intake assessment form and auditing phase
A staff nurse states that adolescents are too young to develop a mental illness. Which information should the nurse manager include in response?
1. More than 12 million adolescents were treated for a mental illness in 2016. 2. Adolescents are not usually diagnosed with a mental illness until they are older. 3. Mental illness in adolescents is really an undiagnosed physical illness. 4. Mental illness develops in adolescents who live in toxic environments.