The nurse is caring for an otherwise healthy victim of a motor vehicle crash who is experiencing considerable pain. What best describes the patient's pain as acute pain?
A) It is associated with an acute and severe injury.
B) It is expected to resolve as the injury heals.
C) It requires treatment with intravenous opioids.
D) No chronic illnesses have been diagnosed.
B
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Managed health care has led to significant changes in the health care delivery system. What effect has managed health care had on the hospital's patient population?
A) Patients are in the hospital for a longer period of time. B) Pre-negotiated payment rates have remained unchanged. C) Patients with high home care needs are being discharged into the community. D) Use of ambulatory care has decreased.
A patient presents to the clinic after discovering a lump in her breast. Which finding would alert the nurse to a probable malignancy?
1. The patient reports tenderness with palpation. 2. The skin over the mass is smooth. 3. The mass is readily moved beneath the skin. 4. The borders of the mass are uneven.
Compared to women, it appears to be easier for men to lose weight because
a. men have more willpower than women. b. men tend to be more active than women. c. visceral fat is lost more easily than lower body fat. d. lower body fat is lost more easily than visceral fat.
____________ is a yellow-orange skin color seen with increased deposit of bilirubin in tissues
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word