Patients are discharged earlier from hospitals to reduce health care costs.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
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The nurse working in an outpatient surgical center admits a client who is to have a basal cell carcinoma removed from the left temple. While collecting data for the nursing history, the nurse assesses that the client understands of the diagnosis
The client says, "I had a friend die from skin cancer, and I know this is probably fatal, but I'd like to treat it as aggressively as possible to improve my chances of survival." The nurse's best response is: 1. "You are scared, and that is a normal response to this diagnosis, but many people respond to chemotherapy." 2. "Tell me more about your friend's condition." 3. "Basal cell carcinomas are generally slow-growing, and do not often spread. Your friend might have had malignant melanoma or squamous cell carcinoma." 4. "You won't know what your likelihood of survival is until after the doctor removes the cancerous cells and examines them under a microscope."
A client is prescribed to ambulate with a walker down the hallway three times a day. The nurse realizes that the person responsible for completing this order would be the:
a. nursing assistant. c. physical therapist. b. client. d. nurse.
The nurse has established an expected outcome that the client will demonstrate healing of a stage II pressure ulcer over the coccyx. Which finding, discovered by the nurse during evaluation, might be implicated in the failure to achieve this outcome?
1. The rubber doughnut pressure relief device was not delivered by central supply. 2. The client's serum albumin increased over the last month. 3. Nurses did not document disinfection of the wound with alcohol with each dressing change. 4. Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) followed a right side–back–left side–back turning schedule.
Adolescents most need people to:
a. talk with them and explain the world to them b. honestly tell them then their ideas are wrong c. agree with them and give positive reinforcement then they are right d. listen to them verbalize what the world should be like