If you threaten to hold or restrain a patient so as to make him cooperate with a procedure, you may be guilty of
A) assault.
B) battery.
C) defamation.
D) slander.
A
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A nurse obtains a client's health history at a community health clinic. Which statement alerts the nurse to provide health teaching to this client?
a. "I drink two glasses of red wine each week." b. "I take a lot of Tylenol for my arthritis pain." c. "I have a cousin who died of liver cancer." d. "I got a hepatitis vaccine before traveling."
The nurse is preparing to administer an IM injection to a client. Which site is not appropriate for an IM injection?
1. Ventrogluteal site 2. Vastuslateralis site 3. Subscapular areas of the upper back 4. Deltoid site
A patient has been started on dantrolene (Dantrium). What is the most serious adverse effect about which the patient should be instructed?
A) Metabolic acidosis B) Hypercarbia C) Renal calculi D) Hepatitis
Evidence-based practice began
1. In Canada 2. In Great Britain 3. With physicians 4. In Australia