To develop an accurate hospital staffing pattern, patients must be classified according to ____
a. Age and gender
b. Functional level
c. Number of illnesses
d. Severity of illness
D
Classifying patients into severity of illness categories is an important step in developing a hospital staffing pattern.
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a. The production of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) to stimulate uterine contractions b. Suppression of the corpus luteum to prevent spontaneous abortion c. The production of human placental lactogen (hPL) to suppress the mother's metabolism d. Stimulation of the corpus luteum to produce estrogen and progesterone
A nurse understands that tricyclic antidepressants may be administered for illnesses other than depression. Among these are:
a. neuropathic pain b. partial paralysis c. autism d. neurosyphilis
A patient has just been transferred to the acute medicine unit from the intensive care unit and the patient's arterial line has not yet been discontinued
The nurse on the acute medicine unit is a recent graduate and does not have experience in caring for an arterial line. As a result, the nurse is unsure how to safely address this aspect of the patient's care. How should the nurse best respond? A) Look up arterial lines in the policy and procedures manual on the unit. B) Inform the unit manager that this patient assignment is inappropriate. C) Enlist the help of a more senior nurse on the unit. D) Have the patient transferred back to the intensive care unit.
The nurse is writing a teaching plan for a 30-year-old patient who has AIDS. Which objective(s) is/are written in the correct format? (Select all that apply.)
a. The patient will state adverse effects of the daily medications before discharge. b. The patient will correctly fill the daily medication pillbox with the correct medications in the appropriate time slots prior to discharge. c. The patient will adjust the medications accordingly. d. The patient will schedule an appointment with the infectious disease physician before discharge. e. The patient will have lab tests performed regularly.