Which action would a nurse take when using the specific approach to quality improvement?
a. Evaluate an agency's ability to meet criteria or standards.
b. Implement the plan/do/check/act cycle.
c. Provide care to individual citizens.
d. Use criteria set forth by regulatory agencies.
B
The specific approaches to quality improvement are methods used to manage a specific health care delivery system in an attempt to deliver care with outcomes acceptable to the consumer.
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1. "I should use Tylenol or aspirin to bring down the temperature." 2. "I should contact the doctor if I cannot wake up my child." 3. "I should observe how much my child urinates." 4. "I should monitor my child's intake of fluids throughout the day."
Upon the completion of genetic testing, a patient is happy to learn that she has a negative test result. The nurse then explains to the patient that
1. she will never experience a genetically-caused disease. 2. any children she has will be free from genetic diseases. 3. her children might develop disease from genetic misplacement of chromosomes. 4. this is no guarantee that she will not develop the disease.
The nurse notes that a patient with Parkinson disease is experiencing tremors and muscle rigidity. Which medication should the nurse expect to be prescribed for these manifestations?
1. propranolol (Inderal) 2. acetaminophen (Tylenol) 3. meperidine (Demerol) 4. nitroglycerin (Nitro-bid)
Which technique would the nurse use to assess a patient's skin turgor?
1. Palpate the skin. 2. Grasp a fold of the patient's skin between the forefinger and thumb. 3. Determine the patient's fluid intake for past 2 hours. 4. Blanch the nail bed.