What type of isolation precautions do you need to use when caring for K.D.?
a. Droplet
b. Contact
c. Standard
d. Airborne
c
Using standard precautions for blood and body fluids is all that is necessary for K.D.
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The nurse needs to assess a patient's ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) and should choose which tool for this assessment?
a. Direct Assessment of Functional Abilities (DAFA) b. Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) scale c. Barthel Index d. Older Americans Resources and Services Multidimensional Functional Assessment Questionnaire-IADL (OMFAQ-IADL)
A 50-year-old woman tells the nurse that every day she forgets one to two tasks or items in her daily routine. She states her mother had some kind of mental illness in which she had to be institutionalized at 42 years of age and passed away at age 45
She stated, "My mother forgot who we were when she was institutionalized." Based on this information the nurse suspects: A) Huntington's disease B) Heart disease C) Cerebrovascular accident D) Alzheimer's disease
Malpractice is a specialized form of
a. injury. c. law. b. negligence. d. damages.
Which of the following situations would be classified as a complication of a disease or outcome from the treatment regimen? Select all that apply
A) Massive pulmonary emboli following diagnosis of new-onset atrial fibrillation B) Burning, intense incision pain following surgery to remove a portion of colon due to intestinal aganglionosis C) Development of pulmonary fibrosis following treatment with bleomycin, an antibiotic chemotherapy agent used in treatment of lymphoma D) Gradual deterioration in ability to walk unassisted for a patient diagnosed with Parkinson disease E) Loss of short-term memory in a patient diagnosed with Alzheimer disease