On which of the following grounds is it legal to deny a patient credit?

A patient has been admitted to the pulmonary unit of the hospital with right lower lobe pneumonia and history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

During the initial assessment the nurse notes that the patient has a respiration rate of 18 with retractions, tachycardia, and complains of dyspnea and dizziness. The nurse identifies that these are clinical signs of which condition? a. Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea b. Orthopnea c. Hemoptysis d. Hypoxia

The nurse is evaluating care provided to a school-age client recently discharged from the hospital with a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Which observations indicate that care outcomes have been achieved?

Select all that apply. A) The client is documenting blood glucose readings and associated insulin dosages in a notebook next to the glucometer. B) The client spends attends school and completes homework before bedtime. C) The client correctly demonstrates drawing up and administering daily insulin dose. D) The client has a glucagon kit in school backpack and explains how it should be used. E) The client watches brothers play Little League baseball on the weekends.

A patient with a long history of cigarette smoking and poorly controlled hypertension has experienced recent psychomotor deficits as a result of hemorrhagic brain damage. The patient's psychomotor deficits are likely the result of:

a. Alzheimer disease. b. frontotemporal dementia (FTD). c. vascular dementia. d. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.

A nurse is calculating the correlation of Pao2 with Sao2 according to the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve. What parameter should indicate that the Pao2 is less than 50 to 60 mm Hg?

a. Coarse lung sounds b. Temperature of 100° F c. Respiratory rate of 58 d. Pulse oximetry reading of 90% or less