Which is an example of a drug or drugs used to prevent disease?
A. barium
B. erythomycins
C. hepatitis B vaccine
D. aspirin
Answer: C
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Most nurses have been taught to maintain direct eye contact when communicating with patients. However, some cultural groups do not usually value direct eye contact when communicating with the nurse
Which cultural group would most likely consider the direct eye contact impolite? A) African Americans B) Hispanics C) Canadians D) Native Americans
The nurse teaching a patient with a long leg cast how to use crutches properly while descending a staircase should tell the patient to:
A) Advance both legs first. B) Advance the unaffected leg first. C) Advance the affected leg first. D) Advance both crutches first.
A patient in the ICU has had an endotracheal tube in place for 3 weeks. The physician has ordered that a tracheostomy tube be placed. The patient's family wants to know why the endotracheal tube cannot be left in place
What would be the nurse's best response? A) "The physician may feel that mechanical ventilation will have to be used long-term." B) "Long-term use of an endotracheal tube diminishes the normal breathing reflex." C) "When an endotracheal tube is left in too long it can damage the lining of the windpipe." D) "It is much harder to breathe through an endotracheal tube than a tracheostomy."
The commission of an act that a prudent nurse would not have done, or the omission of an act a prudent nurse would have done, that results in injury to a patient is termed:
a. malpractice. b. negligence. c. neglect. d. disregard.