Locking patients in rooms, denying use of the telephone, and restraining a patient who is not intoxicated, mentally ill, disoriented, or a substance abuser is an example of:
a. defamation. c. false imprisonment.
b. libel. d. slander.
C
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A breach in criminal law that results in punishment of incarceration at a state or federal prison for less than 1 year is given. This is an example of which type of criminal law?
a. assault c. felony b. battery d. misdemeanor
Bertha is a 71-year-old woman who takes daily medication for Hashimoto thyroiditis. Last winter, she developed pneumonia. While she did her best to run errands for her husband, she got tired easily and needed to rest frequently
One day, after shoveling the snow outside, her husband came inside to find Bertha lying on the sofa covered in blankets. Her face appeared puffy and her eyelids hung. When he spoke to her, Bertha's voice was hoarse and her words did not make sense to him. Her respirations were also shallow and slow. Suspecting low thyroid hormone levels were causing the signs, her husband called for an ambulance. When testing for hypothyroidism, why is the free T4 level an important measurement? What would the TSH and T4 test results indicate in someone with primary hypothyroidism? Using your knowledge of the function of thyroid hormone in the body, explain why Bertha's respiratory rate was decreased? Why might pleural effusion be present in someone with hypothyroidism? What factors in Bertha's history leave her susceptible to myxedematous coma? What are the physiological aspects involved in myxedematous coma?
A week after beginning fluoxetine (Prozac), a patient complains, "I still feel so depressed all the time." Based on pharmacodynamics, the nurse's best action is to
a. administer the medication on an empty stomach. b. advise the health care provider that the drug is ineffective. c. reassess the expected outcomes of antidepressant therapy. d. educate the patient that the drug needs more time to be effective.
The action of stimulant drugs used in the treatment of ADHD increases the availability of a certain neurotransmitter, leading to which of the current popular ideas on the etiology of ADHD?
a. norepinephrine theory b. serotonin hypothesis c. monoamine theory d. dopamine hypothesis