The nurse is caring for a client who has sustained multiple injuries from a motor vehicle accident. The nurse realizes that the client will have a release of stress hormones that are useful for all of the following EXCEPT:
1. preventing loss of fluids.
2. preventing hypotension.
3. preventing infection.
4. preventing ingestion of food.
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The purpose of the release of stress hormones following an insult to the body is to aid in restoring balance to the system and to prevent secondary complications, including loss of fluids, hypotension, and infection. The stress hormones are not released to prevent the ingestion of food.
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General Hospital. At General he was seen as a "super nurse" and given increasing responsibility. He often volunteered or arranged with others to be assigned as medication nurse. After a year, he began to call in sick frequently and was noticed to be more irritable and unsociable. Then he made several serious medication errors in rapid succession. As these were investigated, it was learned that he had been allowed to resign from Community Hospital when he was found diverting client narcotics for his own use. One evening shortly after the investigation began, the nurse was found unconscious in the locker room. The nurse manager retrospectively identified an early indicator of the nurse's drug use as a. assuming responsibility for errors. b. high sociability with peers during the shift. c. seeking to be in possession of the narcotic keys. d. presenting a neat physical appearance.
A nursing home patient has been diagnosed with clostridium difficile. What type of precautions would the nurse use to prevent the spread of this infectious disease to other residents?
A) Contact B) Droplet C) Airborne D) No precautions are necessary
Which of the following emerged as the answer to cost-efficient quality care?
a. Health care savings plan c. Managed care b. Evidence-based care d. Planned parenthood
Water is an essential component in enteral feedings for the client because it:
a. keeps the solution intact. b. increases the solution volume. c. maintains hydration state. d. decreases the thickness of the solution.