A critically ill patient with a Hispanic and American Indian ethnic background is in hemorrhagic shock. The nurse notices that the patient's skin is yellowish brown and the conjunctiva, oral mucosa, and nail beds are ashen gray
What variation in skin color does the nurse document?
A) Pallor
B) Cyanosis
C) Jaundice
D) Erythema
B
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Which of the following statements is true about health care costs for older adults in the United States?
a. Older adults become eligible for full So-cial Security benefits upon reaching the age of 65 years. b. Medicare, Part A, covers physician visits, whereas Part B covers prescription drugs. c. Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) can obtain an exemption from Medicare's per capita spending limit. d. Older adults pay a fixed premium and low out-of-pocket costs in a preferred provider organization (PPO).
Which of the following messages describe an effective individual-nurse-family communication model when a nurse aims to provide a family with social support? A family's ability to provide social support will be enhanced by:
1. Preserving the nurse's power in decision-making 2. Emphasizing the caregiving limitations of the family 3. Empowering a family 4. Insisting a family join a support group
Healthcare entities, as well as their business associates, must notify individuals whose health information is breached within 60 days of that breach
In which of the following cases does the entity not have to notify the individual whose information has been breached? 1. If data are anonymous 2. If data are encrypted 3. If data are misplaced in setting 4. If data are lab results
Never crush, open, or empty a sustained-release tablet or capsule into food or liquid. Using sustained-release medication in this way can cause the patient to receive a(n) ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).