A case manager supports a client's decision to return home after having a total hip replacement rather than go to a skilled nursing facility. Which phase of the nursing process is being used?
a. Assessment
b. Planning/outcome
c. Implementation
d. Evaluation
C
The implementation phase is similar to the advocacy process when the nurse aids the client in decision making and supports the client's decisions.
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A) During and a few hours after exercise electrocardiography B) Before and during exercise electrocardiography C) Before and a few hours after exercise electrocardiography D) Before, during, and a few hours after exercise electrocardiography
How are viral infections different from bacterial infections?
a. Bacterial infections can be spread from one person to another, whereas viral infections cannot be spread directly. b. Bacterial infections can be cured by treatment with some anti-infective drugs, whereas viral infections are not cured by anti-infective therapy. c. Viruses only cause disease in a person who is immunocompromised, whereas bacteria can cause disease even among immunocompetent people. d. Viruses are the less mature form of a bacterium, so there is essentially no difference between viral infections and bacterial infections.
The nurse is assessing a new client who is being admitted to the ICU after a motor vehicle accident
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Patients with pheochromocytoma should avoid which of the following classes of drugs because of the possibility of developing hypertensive crisis?
1. Expectorants 2. Beta-2-agonists 3. Antitussives 4. Antihistamines