The leading cause of children being absent from school as a result of a chronic illness is:
1. Diabetes
2. Cancer
3. Asthma
4. Autism
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The leading cause of children being absent from school as a result of a chronic illness is asthma.
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What is the primary purpose of incorporating the nursing process into the care of patients?
a. Establish a basis of communication with other nursing staff members. b. Maintain compliance with existing na-tional nursing standards. c. Provide structure and organization to the delivery of medical care to the patient. d. Address current health issues, as well as health maintenance and rehabilitation.
An older patient with diverticular disease is experiencing abdominal pain and fever. For which diagnostic test will the nurse most likely prepare this patient?
1. Colonoscopy 2. Barium enema 3. Upper GI endoscopy 4. CT scan of the abdomen
A patient who is taking immunosuppressant medications develops a urinary tract infection. The causative organism is sensitive to sulfonamides and to another, more expensive antibiotic. The prescriber orders the more expensive antibiotic
The nursing student assigned to this patient asks the nurse why the more expensive antibiotic is being used. Which response by the nurse is cor-rect? a. "Immunosuppressed patients are folate deficient." b. "Patients who are immunosuppressed are more likely to develop resistance." c. "Sulfonamides are bacteriostatic and de-pend on host immunity to work." d. "Sulfonamides intensify the effects of immunosuppression."
Outcomes research in a hospital could address interactions among which of the following general groups of variables? (Select all that apply.)
a. Those that existed prior to treatment, such as narrative health histories b. Those that reflect surroundings, such as the size of family waiting rooms c. Those that reflect perceived outcome, such as quality of life d. Those that pertain to staff, such as levels of education and training e. Those that reflect physical outcome, such as patient survival