Hospice care focuses on:
a. Cure
b. Life-saving measures
c. Pain relief and comfort
d. Advance directives
C
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A COPD patient asks the nurse what medications are prescribed to help his breathing
The nurse, looking at the list of medications, will educate the patient about which of the following medications to help his COPD in the long term? Select all that apply. A) Salmeterol (Serevent), a bronchodilator B) Tiotropium (Spiriva), anticholinergic C) Alprazolam (Xanax), a benzodiazepine D) Sildenafil (Viagra), a vasodilator E) Ketorolac (Toradol), an NSAID
The nurse is caring for a client with a fractured femur. Which factor in the client's history may impede healing of the fracture?
a. A sedentary lifestyle b. A history of smoking c. Oral contraceptive use d. Paget's disease
A client is being worked up for possible pulmonary hypertension. The nurse prepares the client for the definitive diagnostic test for this condition, which is
a. arterial blood gas measurements. b. pulmonary function studies. c. right heart catheterization. d. spiral computed tomography.
The nurse is providing care for a child in the emergency department (ED). The nurse suspects the child was physically abused. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?
1) Obtaining statements from the parents in separate rooms 2) Leaving the child in the examination room alone with the parents 3) Asking the child why he or she is lying 4) Speaking to the parents with a raised tone