Living a healthy lifestyle is the
A) legal obligation of the nursing assistant.
B) focus of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
C) best way to receive continuity of care.
D) the responsibility of each individual health care consumer.
D
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A nurse is caring for a patient with a history of advanced liver disease. What should be the primary concern of the nurse when administering multiple medications to this patient?
a. The medications will be subject to the first-pass effect. b. The medications are not in a bioavailable form to be used by the body. c. The medications may cause toxicity to the patient. d. The medications will not be absorbed and will not have a therapeutic effect.
A patient without health insurance comes to the emergency department limping and dripping blood from a head wound. Which intervention should be performed first with this patient?
1. Tell the patient that there are no orthopedic doctors available and that the hospital in the next town will be better able to help him. 2. Determine the patient's triage level, examine, and treat as needed. 3. Have the patient sign in and provide method of payment for services. 4. Tell the patient that he will have to go to the emergency room at a hospital that treats people who do not have health insurance.
The current U.S. health-care system has been described as a patchwork of regulations that have confounded the dollars spent on administering the system. Medicare administrative costs are estimated to be what percent of the total costs of health care?
a. 5% to 15% c. 20% to 30% b. 15% to 25% d. 30% to 40%
The nurse notices that the infant is wearing a plastic-coated diaper. If a topical medication were to be prescribed and it were to go on the stomach or buttocks, the nurse would teach the caregivers to:
a. put the diaper on as usual b. apply an ice pack for 5 minutes to the outside of the diaper c. avoid covering the area of the topical medication with the diaper d. avoid the use of clothing on top of the diaper