What is one essential difference between care of the patient in the hospital and care of the patient in the home?

A) Hospitalized patients follow the hospital's routine and schedule.
B) Hospitalized patients rarely need referrals or teaching.
C) Home care patients are more dependent on the nurse.
D) The nurse adapts care to the patient's schedule and customs.


D

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A patient is being evaluated for a solid organ transplant. If the patient is found to be eligible for a transplant, which of the following would the nurse expect to find?

A) Age less than 65 years B) Presence of active inflammatory process C) End-stage organ disease refractory to other treatments D) Able to reach full life span without transplant

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What pattern of knowing is demonstrated when the nurse bases decisions for care on past

experience with patients and individuals with similar illnesses? A) Ethical B) Empirical C) Personal D) Aesthetic

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The timing of the eruption of teeth may vary, but it usually begins around which of the following ages?

a. 3 to 4 months b. 6 to 8 months c. 1 year d. 1-1/2 years

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Identify at least five effects that charismatic leadership can have on followers. Under what conditions are these effects likely to occur? What cautions might you offer to followers of a charismatic leader?

What will be an ideal response?

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