Hermione is morbidly obese (BMI 30) and has type 2 diabetes. Which of the following treatment options is Hermione's physician LEAST likely to advise?
Answer: Bariatric surgerya
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For a nurse manager in the functional nursing model, an approach that will assist in maintaining staff satisfaction in this specific model is:
a. Rotation of task assignments. b. Frequent opportunities for in-service education. c. Orientation to job responsibilities and performance expectations. d. Team social events in off hours.
After teaching a group of students about the historical development of data analysis and research in healthcare, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when students identify which of the following as having occurred first?
A) The development of evidence-based practice B) Publication of the journal Nursing Research C) Creation of the National Institute for Nursing Research D) Use of case studies to describe intervention effectiveness
A program has been introduced at a hospital with the goal of improving client safety. The nurses participating in the program should recognize what event as posing the most significant threat to a client's safety?
A) transferring the client from one location in the hospital to another B) electronically reporting the results of diagnostic testing to the client's primary care provider C) administering medications to the client D) admitting the client to the health care facility
The nurse consults with the primary physician of a patient who is experiencing continuous, severe pain. In planning for the patient's treatment, the nurse is aware of the principles of pain management
It is appropriate for the nurse to expect treatment to include which of the following? a. Focusing on intramuscular administration of analgesics b. Waiting for pain to become more intense before administering opioids c. Administering opioid with nonopioid analgesics for severe pain experiences d. Administering large doses of opioids initially to patients who have not taken the medications before