The client is seeing a specialist who provides medical evaluation of hearing disorders and medical and surgical interventions. The nurse explains the client will see:
a. an audiologist c. an ophthalmologist
b. a hearing-aid specialist d. an otolaryngologist
D
An otolaryngologist provides medical evaluation of hearing disorders and medical and surgical interventions.
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A case manager is responsible for ensuring that patients meet the criteria for diagnoses of chronic conditions in order to ensure their eligibility for federal programs. Which of these definitions may not apply for legal purposes?
A) A person who is temporarily disabled but later return to full functioning. B) A person who is disabled and cannot expect a return to full functioning. C) A person whose disability is the result of a developmental disorder. D) A person whose disability is the result of a traumatic injury.
After prostate surgery a patient is being discharged with an indwelling urinary catheter in place. What teaching should the nurse provide to this patient?
Select all that apply. 1. Use the larger urinary drainage bag at night. 2. Keep the larger urinary drainage bag at a level that permits gravity drainage. 3. Do not strap the leg bag too tightly. 4. Place a soft cloth between the leg bag and the skin. 5. Empty the leg bag at least twice a day.
A pregnant woman at 12 weeks' gestation calls you because she has begun minimal fresh vaginal spotting. She is distressed because her physician says she is not going to do anything for her but "wait and see
" Which of the following would you suggest? A) Advise her to ask for a second physician opinion. B) Tell her that medication to prolong a 12-week pregnancy usually is not advised. C) Explain that her doctor meant for her to maintain strict bed rest by "wait and see." D) Suggest she take an over-the-counter tocolytic just to feel secure.
A nurse teaches newly pregnant patients that if an ovum is fertilized and implants in the endometrium, the hormone the fertilized egg begins to secrete is:
1. Estrogen. 2. Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). 3. Progesterone. 4. Luteinizing hormone.