According to the 1999 Institute of Medicine report, as many as 98,000 deaths each year are caused by:
a. Cardiovascular disease
b. Obesity
c. Medical error
d. Drug overdose
C
In 2000, it was thought that our health care system was expensive and that access and quality were not optimal, but we had not considered this important fact: many people die of preventable medical errors in the United States.
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How should the nurse best interpret this patient's complaint? A) These pains are an expected finding during the first few weeks of recovery. B) The patient's complaints are suggestive of a postoperative infection. C) The patient may have experienced a spontaneous rupture of the tympanic membrane. D) The patient's surgery may have been unsuccessful.
Reduce the fraction to the lowest term: __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Caregivers ask the nurse how children or adolescents can contract syphilis. The best response by the nurse is which of the following?
a. by sexual intercourse b. transplacentally, at delivery, by sexual intercourse, or through sexual abuse c. anal, oral, or vaginal contact with semen d. by contact with any body fluids of an infected person
The patient is a paraplegic who possesses good arm and hand strength. When the following devices are compared, which would be most appropriate for this patient?
a. Axillary crutch b. Platform crutch c. Lofstrand crutch d. Standard crook cane