_____ is a powerful influence when the decision-making process is dealing with recovery or a peaceful death
a. Hope c. Culture
b. Religion d. Ethics
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Hope is a powerful influence on decision making, and a shift from hope for recovery to hope for a peaceful death should be guided by clinicians with exemplary communication skills. Ethics, religion, and culture can influence the decision process regarding care and end-of-life decisions.
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a. Applied b. Basic c. Phenomenological d. Quality assurance
Divergent thinking, a critical-thinking skill, is the ability to weigh the importance of information. The nurse should sort out the data that are relevant from data that are irrelevant for the patient. Abnormal data are usually considered relevant; normal
1. Diagnostic reasoning 2. Communication techniques 3. Identified outcome criteria 4. Established priorities
A nurse assesses a client with depression who reports fatigue, sadness, insomnia, powerlessness, and social isolation. The nurse knows that the BEST practice is to focus on which symptom?
a. fatigue so that the client can experience enough energy to work on other symptoms b. sadness in order to reduce or eliminate the need for suicide precautions c. the symptom that the client identifies as the most urgent need d. all of the identified symptoms simultaneously in a coordinated manner
Concurrent use of azathioprine and an ACE inhibitor could result in which adverse effect?
1. Flulike symptoms 2. Hypercholesteremia 3. Hematuria 4. Anemia and leukopenia