Client documentation is important to medical researchers because it:
a. confirms the care provided to the client
b. determines whether clients meet criteria for a study
c. satisfies legal and practice standards
d. verifies the administration of tests, procedures, and treatments and confirms results
B
The medical record also serves as a source of clinical data for initiating research about health care problems or for determining client eligibility for participation in specific research studies.
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A nurse is using Milio's framework to promote healthy eating choices among members of the community. Which of the following interventions would the nurse most likely implement?
a. Provide community education about healthy food choices b. Promote legislation to increase taxation on unhealthy food choices c. Lobby for health insurance providers to pay for participation in health promotion programs d. Encourage community members to be responsible for making healthy choices
A patient, aged 77 years, has Alzheimer's disease and lives wither daughter. While checking her blood pressure at the clinic, the nurse noticed fresh bruises on the patient's palms and buttocks. The patient could not explain these bruises
The nurse discussed her observations with the daughter, who became defensive and said that her mother was very difficult to manage. She stated, "My mother is getting worse every week. She is not my mother anymore. She can't recognize me, and she wanders all night. We take turns because she has to be watched constantly. Last night I fell asleep, and she fell down the stairs while wandering.". Which statement is most accurate? a. Reporting the injuries in this case is not indicated by available data. b. The nurse should report the injuries as suggestive of elder abuse. c. The nurse is only required to report the injury if the patient is incompetent. d. The nurse is legally required to report the injuries as possible abuse.
The physician has ordered a fluid deprivation test on your patient. What is your patient being tested for?
A) Hashimoto's thyroiditis B) Diabetes insipidus C) SIADH D) Hyperparathyroidism
The client has a documented advance health care directive that indicates that no resuscitative measures should be employed in the event of a respiratory or cardiac arrest
The client begins to exhibit severe dyspnea and air hunger and says, "Please do something, I can't breathe." What action should be taken by the nurse? 1. Offer the client comfort measures until death occurs. 2. Call the client's physician for direction. 3. Initiate resuscitative measures. 4. Check the medical record to ascertain the terms of the directive.