A person comes to the Emergency Department seeking medical care for symptoms of an illness. What will legitimize the illness for the patient?
A. The health care profession that diagnoses the illness
B. The insurance company that pays for the illness treatment
C. Society's view of the illness
D. The person having the illness
Answer: A
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A) "This drug will cause my tumor to be more susceptible to treatment." B) "This drug will decrease my chance of infection and meningitis." C) "This drug won't cure my cancer, but it may help me feel much better." D) "This drug will stop my cancer cells from growing further."
Which of the following is not an appropriate action to take when palpating a patient's abdomen?
a. Palpate painful or tender areas last. b. Instruct the patient to hold her breath throughout the examination. c. Palpate using gentle pressure initially and gradually increasing it. d. Allow the ticklish patient to perform self-palpation with your hand over the patient's hand.
According to the _____ organizational approach, organizations are logical and predictable with identifiable and scientifically measurable characteristics that can be predicted, observed, or ma-nipulated
a. objective b. subjective c. postmodern d. realistic
Coarse crackles are characterized by crackling or gurgling sounds that
a. occur during both inspiration and expiration. b. mimic the sound caused by rolling hair with your fingers near your ear. c. cannot be cleared by coughing. d. result from air passing through moisture in large airways that reinflate.