Which medication is an example of an antidiarrheal?
A. Metamucil
B. Ducolax
C. Colace
D. Imodium-AD
Answer: D
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When educating a patient concerning ways to prevent nausea, the nurse suggests that eating slowly in a pleasant atmosphere will help, as well as taking an antiemetic before meals. How many minutes before meals should the patient take the antiemetic?
a. 10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 60
Which of the following members of the interdisciplinary health team would focus on cognitive testing?
a. physician c. vocational counselor b. psychologist d. physical therapist
Select the recommendation given by a nurse to a group of clients at a cancer prevention seminar that is most effective in reducing the risk for colon cancer in persons who have a family history of the illness
a. Avoiding obesity and losing weight re-duces the incidence of colon cancer. b. Limit or stop smoking because it places a person at a high risk for colon cancer. c. There is a direct link between using sac-charin-containing products and colon cancer, so avoid using the sweetener. d. Limit alcohol intake to one glass of wine per day.
The nurse recognizes that to move from a "culture of blame" to one of "safety management" will require certain steps and determination. What provision best describes one of these steps?
A) Legal protections for medical error reporting to prevent voluntarily shared information from being subpoenaed or used in legal discovery B) Increasingly severe disciplinary penalties for employees who commit errors that harm patients C) That each employee keeps a portfolio documenting errors he or she has made for review at his or her annual performance appraisal D) That organizations keep their quality-control data confidential so as not to unduly alarm consumers