One purpose of a health care facility is to
a. promote subacute care.
b. develop care plans.
c. detect and treat disease.
d. create an American health care system
c
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Select the best response for the nurse who receives a query from another mental health professional seeking to understand the difference between a DSM-IV-TR diagnosis and a nursing diagnosis
a. "There is no functional difference between the two. Both identify human disorders." b. "The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis disregards culture, whereas the nursing diagnosis takes culture into account." c. "The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis is associated with present distress or disability, whereas a nursing diagnosis considers past and present responses to actual mental health problems." d. "The DSM-IV-TR diagnosis affects the choice of medical treatment, whereas the nursing diagnosis offers a framework for identifying interventions for phenomena a patient is experiencing."
The nurse is assisting the health care provider with a routine prostate examination
The nurse could assist the patient to which positions for this examination? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. On the left side with right knee drawn up 2. Leaning over the examination table 3. Standing in the most comfortable position 4. On the right side with both knees flexed 5. In the lithotomy position
The nurse performs digital removal of feces for a client. Which client diagnosis cues the nurse to assess the client more frequently than usual during the procedure?
1. Abdominal pain 2. Atrial fibrillation 3. Urinary infection 4. Diabetes mellitus
The absence of parietal cells would prevent the absorption of an essential nutrient necessary to prevent which type of anemia?
a. Iron deficiency b. Pernicious anemia c. Folic acid deficiency anemia d. Aplastic anemia