After surgery, CJ was sent home without a specific diet. Why would someone not be placed on a low-fat diet post-op cholecystectomy?
Most patients tolerate a normal-fat diet well. The gallbladder has been removed, but the liver is still making bile and it is still being delivered to the small intestines via the common bile duct. The presence of fat in the intestines still stimulates the sphincter of Oddi to relax and bile is excreted.
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In planning for discharge of a client needing follow-up for diabetic education, the nurse should contact a:
1. Long-term care facility. 2. Home health agency. 3. Temporary service agency. 4. Public health department.
A hospice nurse shows the best understanding of the personal commitment to the dying patient by
a. providing the patient with sufficient, ef-fective pain management therapies. b. addressing the patient's need to feel va-lued by those attending to his or her death. c. being available emotionally and physically throughout the dying process. d. empathizing with the patient and his or her family and friends during the process.
Social identity theory would suggest leadership emergence occurs when
a. The group identifies with the leader b. They acquire the skills to do the job well c. The group assigns them the role of leader d. They become most like the group prototype
The families of several clients have been talking and ask the nurse, "What can be done to improve community services for the long-term needs of the seriously mentally ill?" The nurse appropriate-ly responds:
1. "The governing bodies need to understand that adequate funding is a necessity." 2. "More nurses on our staff is the key factor." 3. "Doctors and other health professions just do not get along." 4. "There will never be enough services because of the stigma related to these disor-ders."