A client is being transferred from one unit of the healthcare facility to another. Which is
most important for the nurse do when transferring the client to another unit?
A) Notify the physician that the transfer has occurred
B) Check the Kardex or medication administration record for accuracy
C) Ask family to take care of client's clothes and articles
D) Take x-ray films and laboratory reports after transferring the client
B
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1. Behavioral theorists. 2. Humanistic theorists. 3. Genetic theorists. 4. Psychosocial theorists.
In regard to American families, the nurse understands that which of the following is true?
a. The number of single-parent families is increasing. b. Single fathers head most single-parent families. c. Most single parent families are the result of the death of one parent. d. Father-only families are on the rise.
Sam has been a psychiatric–mental health nurse for the past 3 years. While discussing the role of the nurse in this setting, you ask him why he chose to work in this area
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A. "The abdominal site is best because it is closest to the pancreas." B. "I can reach my thigh the best, so I will use different areas of the same thigh." C. "By rotating the sites within one area, my chances of having tissue increases or decreases is less." D. "If I change injection sites from the thigh to the arm, the rate of absorption will be different."