Exercise is an essential element of peripheral arterial disease management primarily because
A. It encourages weight loss, as being overweight is a contributing factor to PAD
B. Evidence shows exercise reduces smoking
C. Collateral vessels are strengthened
D. It improves aerobic capacity
C
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Which of the following statements is true regarding costs of care?
a. Certain savings come from cutting hospital personnel and shortening patient stays. b. Hospitals need to keep patients in the facility longer if they want to continue to make a profit. c. If an institution is going to provide quality care, it might as well accept that it will see a loss of profits. d. Providing quality care is costly, but total savings can be realized when one looks at the whole picture.
The nurse is assessing a patient for pain. Which question is best for the nurse to ask when determining aggravating factors for a patient's pain?
a. How long has the patient had pain? b. What increases the intensity of the pain? c. Where is the pain located specifically? d. What is the pain level on a scale of 0 to 10?
A group of nurses have recently been hired at your hospital. Because the nurses are from a different country, they would most likely experience which of the following?
a. Ambivalence c. Hoarding of tradition in ethnic groups b. Improved lifestyle d. Culture shock
A client with schizophrenia is receiving risperidone (Risperdal?) to treat both positive (type I) and negative (type II) symptoms
A nurse should evaluate that the medication has helped with the negative (type II) symptoms when there is a decrease in the client's: Select all that apply. A) Delusional thinking. B) Apathy. C) Use of neologisms. D) Avolition. E) Tangential thinking.