A nursing instructor is preparing a teaching plan for a group of nursing students who will be working with homeless populations
As part of the class, the instructor will be including information about barriers to successful treatment of homeless clients who are mentally ill. Which reason would the instructor include as contributing to lack of compliance with psychotropic medications?
A) Mistrust of medical personnel
B) Lack of proper medication storage
C) Chemical dependence on prescription medications
D) Lack of motivation and literacy skills
B
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A patient with worsening tachypnea and dyspnea has a PaO2/FiO2 ratio of 190, bilateral infiltrates on chest x-ray, pulmonary artery occlusive pressure (PAOP) of 15 mm Hg, and no indication of left atrial hypertension
Which of these findings indicates that the patient has acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), as opposed to just acute lung injury (ALI)? A) PaO2/FiO2 ratio of 190 B) Bilateral infiltrates on chest x-ray C) PAOP of 15 mm Hg D) No indication of left atrial hypertension
The nurse has admitted a patient who sustained a partial-thickness burn injury of 28% of total body surface area (TBSA) and a full-thickness injury of 30% of TBSA
Which American Burn Association (ABA) classification would the nurse assign to this injury? 1. Moderate 2. Major 3. Superficial 4. Minor
The attitudes of the health care professional:
a. are largely irrelevant to the success of re-lationships with the patient. b. do not influence patient behavior. c. are difficult for the patient to sense. d. are culturally derived.
A specialized form of angiography in which a catheter is inserted into the left or right side of the heart via a major peripheral vessel to study pressures within the heart, cardiac volumes, valvular function,
and patency of coronary arteries is known as ______________. Fill in the blank with correct words.