Calculate the pack-year history for an individual who started smoking one pack/day at age 12 years, increased to 2 packs/day at age 19, increased to 3 packs/day at age 26, and stopped smoking at age 40
What will be an ideal response?
63 pack-years
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a. Provide recommendations for decision making. b. Teach the patient how to apply logic to the situation. c. Advocate for the patient with the primary healthcare provider. d. Listen to the patient's thoughts, ask questions, and provide support.
The nurse is serving on a committee charged with reviewing the roles and responsibilities of the nurses on the psychiatric unit. Which publication should the nurse bring to the first meeting?
1. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 2. American Nurses Credentialing Center certification requirements 3. American Nurses Association, Code of Ethics 4. Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Standards of Practice
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a. Sedating the child b. Impairing cognition c. Causing hypotension d. Creating fluid retention
The home health nurse warns the patient who is taking warfarin (Coumadin) for anticoagulant therapy for thrombophlebitis to stop taking the herbal remedy of ginkgo because ginkgo can:
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