Which of the following patients would be the most likely candidate for the administration of total parenteral nutrition?
A) a patient with severe pancreatitis C) a patient with hepatitis B
B) a patient with a myocardial infarction D) a patient with mild malnutrition
A
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Which of these individuals would the nurse consider at highest risk for a suicide attempt?
a. Man who jokes about death b. Woman who, during a past episode of major depression, attempted suicide c. Adolescent who just broke up with her boyfriend and states that she would like to kill herself d. Older adult man who tells the nurse that he is going to "join his wife in heaven" tomorrow and plans to use a gun
To make the remainder of a terminally ill person's life as meaningful and comfortable as is humanly possible is the goal of
1. hospice care. 2. the stages of dying. 3. the grieving process. 4. institutional care.
A nurse manager wants his nursing unit to be a place where all nurses want to work, where patient satisfaction is high, and care is innovative and interdisciplinary
Staff are encouraged to chair taskforces to improve quality of care and he counsels staff in areas of measuring patient outcomes. Other managers want to mimic this manager's approach to improve their own units. This nurse is which type of leader? a. Transformational b. Transactional c. Laissez-faire d. Authoritative
Which of the following are barriers to implementation of evidence-based practice? Select all that apply
1. Misunderstood communication 2. Inferior quality of available research 3. Unwillingness of organizations to fund research 4. Inability to assess and use the evidence