Which of the following actions fall within accepted ethical guidelines? Select all that apply
A) sharing personal information with the patient
B) posting photos of the patient on a social media site
C) refusing to provide health information on a patient to a caller from a newspaper
D) meeting with the patient for a social event after his or her hospitalization
E) speaking with other members of the health care team about the patient's status
F) telling the patient's roommate about the outcome of the patient's surgical procedure
C) refusing to provide health information on a patient to a caller from a newspaper
E) speaking with other members of the health care team about the patient's status
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a. An accurate weight b. Water balance c. Adequate nutrition d. Urinary output
The nurse notes that an 84-year-old male returning from the operating room (OR) after postinguinal hernia repair has fluid volume excess and is at risk for left-sided heart failure
Which of the following signs and symptoms indicates left-sided heart failure? A) Jugular vein distention B) Right upper quadrant pain C) Bibasilar fine crackles D) Dependent edema
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.
Your patient with hypertension comes in and insists that one of his new medications is causing him to cough. When looking at his list of medications, you think the cough must be from:
a. Metoprolol (Toprol XL). c. Tadalafil (Cialis). b. Clopidogrel (Plavix). d. Captopril (Capoten).