What is a major ethical and legal issue for all community/public health care professionals?
A. How to ensure total compliance by clients to their treatment regimens
B. The need to balance individual autonomy against community protection
C. When to give home care and when to insist that the client come to the clinic
D. Whether to allow HIV carriers, even if licensed professionals, to be employed within health care agencies
ANS: B
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1. The lack of iron in the body. 2. The hypoxia that happens to the tissue, causing ischemia. 3. The red blood cell destruction. 4. A buildup of oxygen in the body.
Which assessment is a nursing priority for a client receiving cholestyramine (Questran)?
A. Auscultation of heart sounds B. Auscultation of bowel sounds in all four abdominal quadrants C. Assessment of 24-hour urine output D. Palpation for peripheral edema in the lower extremities
When seating a patient in a chair, be sure that the patient's back is next to the back of the chair.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A patient was recently diagnosed as having Bell palsy. Which nursing intervention is most important for the nurse to include in the patient's care plan?
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