The nurse is assisting in the preparation of an inservice on infections. What should the nurse include as being the most common cause of death from infection?
a. AIDS
b. Influenza
c. Pneumonia
d. TB
ANS: C
Pneumonia is the cause of more than 10% of hospital admissions each year and is the most common cause of death from infection. A. B. D. AIDS, TB, and influenza are also deadly diseases, but they are not the most common cause of death from an infection.
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Watson and Hoffman's study on leadership emergence with regard to gender-biased
perceptions would suggest a. Influential women were rated the same as men in terms of leadership. b. Women are much more likeable than men. c. Emergence in leadership has little to do with gender bias. d. There continue to be barriers to women's emergence as leaders in some settings. e. Men are always more influential within groups and organizations.
The Joint Commission and the Institute for ________ Medication Practice have identified abbreviations that should not be used.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).