The member of the interdisciplinary team who teaches patients to take an active part in their daily care is the
a. physical therapist.
b. orthopedic therapist.
c. occupational therapist.
d. speech therapist.
c
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1. taken an overdose of hypoglycemic drugs. 2. been following a very restricted fasting diet or is malnourished. 3. excessive secretion of insulin or an increase in glucose metabolism. 4. exercised unwittingly without replenishing needed fluid and nutrients.
As a new graduate, you decide to join a professional nursing organization. Your goal is to be affiliated with other nurses who are well-known members of this professional organization
Your belief is that you will secure which type of power by membership in the organization? a. Legitimate c. Reward b. Referent d. Information
A child born with Dandy Walker malformation is receiving palliative care in the pediatric unit. A nurse should:
1. Provide the parents, patient, and family members with supportive care during this time. 2. Ask the parents to be part of the plan of care as much as possible. 3. Attempt to provide a primary nurse for this particular patient on each shift. 4. All of the above are correct.
In the clinical setting today you were the student nurse caring for a terminally ill patient who was in intractable pain
The staff nurse also assigned to this patient administered a high dose of pain medication to the patient who died less than 30 minutes later. The nurse explained to you that the hastening of the patient's death was foreseen but was not the intended effect of the administration of the dose of pain medication. This is an example of: a. terminal sedation b. rule of double effect c. active euthanasia d. passive euthanasia e. none of the above