Which of the following models keeps individuals in the community as long as medically, socially, and financially possible?
a. Geriatric resource nurse model
b. Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
c. Evercare
d. SPPICEES
ANS: B
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In the days since her subsequent hip surgery, she has been experiencing intermittent pain and requested breakthrough analgesia several times over the past 24 hours. However, her son and daughter-in-law came to visit for the first time 2 hours ago, and Mrs. Ota has denied pain during this time period. The nurse recognizes that Mrs. Ota may be experiencing less pain at this time because: A) Being distracted has activated her descending control system. B) Serotonin is inhibiting signals from her nociceptors. C) C fibers are overriding signals from her A delta fibers. D) Distraction has heightened the response of her spinal cord neurons.
The nurse is alerted to a client's telemetry monitor. After assessing the following ECG, what is the nurse's priority intervention?
a. Start a large-bore IV. b. Administer atropine. c. Prepare for intubation. d. Perform defibrillation.
A patient's monitor strip shows an irregular rhythm. Which method of estimating the rate would be best for the nurse to use? The nurse should count the number of:
1. Small blocks between two consecutive R waves and divide by 1500 2. Large blocks between two consecutive R waves and divide by 300 3. QRS complexes in 6 seconds and multiply by 10 4. Large blocks in 3 seconds and multiply by 20
Which mechanism to increase productivity of nurses has the most effect on patient care outcomes?
A. Emphasize health promotion and healthy lifestyles to all individuals. B. Increase employment and use of nurse practitioners and nurse clinicians. C. Increase use of unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) instead of RNs. D. Perform health teaching in groups rather than one-on-one.