A care-providing agency has appointed a nurse to provide home care to an elderly client
What should the nurse do to ensure that the agency is reimbursed the expenditure for
providing care?
A) Understand the client's rights when receiving care
B) Get along well with the client's family members
C) Fill out all necessary documents and submit them to the agency
D) Document all teachings and procedures for home care
C
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Which of these concepts used in current nursing practice was introduced by Nightingale?
a. encouraging involvement of family and friends in a client's care b. maintaining confidentiality c. organizing a methodical system of nursing administration d. organizing a system of differentiated nursing practice
A pregnant patient is concerned about a sharp pain that is felt in the lower abdomen when making a quick move. What action should the nurse take to help this patient?
A) Assess when the patient's last bowel movement occurred. B) Explain that the sharp pain is tension on a uterine ligament. C) Notify the physician because of manifestations of appendicitis. D) Instruct that the pain is a pulled muscle and a heating pad will help.
One way of classifying antipsychotic medications is into short-acting and long-acting preparations. Which of the following antipsychotic medications is a long-acting preparation?
a. haloperidol decanoate (Haldol Decanoate) b. chlorpromazine (Thorazine) c. thioridazine (Mellaril) d. clozapine (Clozaril)
During antitubercular therapy with isoniazid, the patient received another prescription for pyridoxin. Which statement by the nurse best explains the rationale for this second medication?
A. "This vitamin will help to improve your energy levels" B. "This helps to prevent neurologic adverse effects." C. "It works to protect your heart from toxic effects." D. "this drug works to reduce gastrointestinal adverse effects"