Which of the following would be the best form of care for an elderly person is in the last stages of dying?
a. Home health
b. Assisted living
c. Nursing home
d. Hospice
ANS: D
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a. Memory loss b. Personality changes c. Difficulty with sound interpretation d. Speech difficulties e. Impaired taste
A nurse is assisting a physician who is performing a circumcision on a newborn. The physician asks the nurse to prepare lidocaine and epinephrine for injection to provide anesthesia. What will the nurse do?
a. Ask the provider why an injectable anes-thetic is being used for this procedure. b. Draw up the medication as ordered and prepare the infant for the procedure. c. Make sure that seizure precautions are in place. d. Question the use of the epinephrine for this procedure.
A client has a serum creatinine level of 2.5 mg/dL, a serum potassium level of 6 mmol/L, an arterial pH of 7.32, and a urine output of 250 mL/day. Which phase of acute kidney failure is the client experiencing?
a. Intrarenal b. Nonoliguric c. Oliguric d. Postrenal
Which of the following is indicative of trashing other nurses?
a. Nurses working together as a team b. Nurses committing themselves to actions that they do not complete c. Nurses identifying with their male colleagues d. Nurses talking about other nurses behind their backs