A nurse is conducting an admission assessment on a 67-year-old man with an intractable oral infection. The patient tells the nurse that he cannot smell things as well as he once could. What should the nurse do?
A) Chart the information in the medical record
B) Conduct olfaction tests
C) Notify the physician immediately
D) Verify the patient's ability to taste all flavors
A
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To achieve the greatest possibility of remission, the primary care provider chose to place the pa-tient on a treatment regimen of prednisone used in conjunction with: a. Azathioprine b. Cyclosporine c. Cyclophosphamide d. Pyridostigmine
The nurse explains that the active transport process that is able to move sodium and potassium into or out of cells is:
a. filtration. b. sodium pump. c. diffusion. d. osmosis.
Leininger's theory uses the sunrise model. What is the major premise of Leininger's theory?
a. Nursing care should be culturally congruent. b. Nursing care is based on personal, interpersonal, and social systems. c. Nursing care is a deliberate action based on observation. d. Nursing care is only possible after scientific evaluation.
In order to manage the data collected in qualitative research, it is important for the researcher to
a. be aware that qualitative data is not as important as quantitative data. b. reduce the data into manageable units. c. organize the data by using a transcriptionist. d. use measures of central tendency.