The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act passed by Congress in 1994 addresses which of the following issues with OTCs? (Select all that apply.)
1. Disease claims
2. Functional cure
3. Preventions
4. Toxicities
1, 2, 3
Manufacturers must now use the following statement in their labeling: "This product is not in-tended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease."
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The Joint Commission, in 2006, developed a National Patient Safety Goal. What is a requirement of this goal?
A) Health care agencies need to standardize their charting B) Health care agencies need to develop a standardized approach to hand off communications C) Health care agencies need to conform to Joint Commission communication templates D) Health care agencies need to computerize medical records
Which intervention will the nurse consider to be a central responsibility when planning for culturally competent treatment?
a. Learn what the illness means to the patient and how the patient's beliefs can help mediate the stressors. b. Learn as much as possible regarding the beliefs of both the patient and the patient's extended family. c. Ask the patient about beliefs in a formal organized religion and daily or weekly religious practices that can be factored into treatment. d. Tell the patient that it will be important to examine together the belief systems of both the nurse and patient to be sure that they are congruent.
A patient who presents with dyspepsia has ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The condition in which an extra portion of a chromosome is present in each cell is called:
a. reciprocal translocation. b. partial trisomy. c. inversion. d. Down syndrome.