The nurse encourages the patient who has had a myocardial infarction (MI) to enroll in the outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in order to receive which service(s)? (Select all that apply.)
a. Nutritional counseling
b. Supervised progressive exercise
c. Stress reduction techniques
d. Sexual counseling
e. Administration of cardiotonic drugs
A, B, C
Cardiac rehab services include nutritional counseling, specialized exercise programs, and stress-reduction techniques. Sexual counseling and administration of medications are not services of cardiac rehab.
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a. viremia, clinical latency, opportunistic diseases, and death. b. asymptomatic phase, clinical latency, ARC, and AIDS. c. acute retroviral syndrome, early infection, early symptomatic disease, and AIDS. d. transitional viral syndrome, inactive disease, early symptomatic infection, and opportunistic diseases.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a) Primary intention b) Secondary intention
When assigning the suicidal patient to a room on the unit, the nurse should select a:
a. Single room near the exit b. Double room near the exit c. Single room near the nurse's station d. Double room near the nurse's station