When referring a child and family to a hospice service, the nurse considers that to qualify for hospice, the child must:
a. Have adequate insurance coverage
b. Be in an active therapeutic protocol
c. Have a terminal diagnosis
d. Have less than 6 months to live
D
To qualify for hospice, a patient must have less than 6 months to live. These services are supplied either in the hospital or at home.
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Which example represents a qualifier that may interfere with the message to be communicated?
1. "Please notify me when this task is complete." 2. "Are you satisfied with the care you are receiving?" 3. "I hate to bother you with this, but we have a problem." 4. "How can I help you solve your issues with this physician?"
Which of the following outcome statements contains the best example of performance criteria? The patient will:
1) Turn herself in bed frequently while awake. 2) Understand how to use crutches by Day 2. 3) State that pain is decreased after being medicated. 4) Eat 75% of each meal without complaint of nausea.
Which of the following is an example of a system check?
1. When a duplicate entry is entered into the system, that entry is immediately deleted. 2. The nurse asks clients to verify their names when prompted by the computer system. 3. After turning on the bedside computer, the system performs a self-check before data will input. 4. Software in the system automatically corrects misspelled words and abbreviations.
A patient is taking a drug that has known toxic side effects. What will the nurse do?
a. Discontinue the drug at the first signs of toxicity. b. Ensure that complete blood counts are or-dered periodically. c. Monitor the function of all organs poten-tially affected by the drug. d. Teach the patient how to treat the symp-toms if they develop.