MC The client has been diagnosed with bulimia nervosa. The signs and symptoms the nurse knows are most characteristic of this disease include
A. Not eating for days at a time.
B. Uncontrollable eating followed by purging.
C. Excessive overeating without compensatory purging.
D. Intense fear of gaining weight.
B. Uncontrollable eating followed by purging.
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Which of the following statements by your ADHD child's parents indicate they need further teaching?
A. "We will establish firm but reasonable limits on his behavior." B. "We will give him his medication at night so it won't decrease his appetite." C. "We will set him up in a special program at his school so we he will get extra attention." D. "We will work to ensure he gets 8 hours of sleep a night."
A physician is examining the client during the client's initial physical examination. After collecting all the data, the physician writes R/O in the medical records and suggests some more tests and examinations. What does the physician mean by R/O?
A) Rule out B) Revise order C) Record out D) Refill out
Examples of health care cost containment in the 1980s included:
a. a payment system based on Diagnosis related groups (DRGs). b. certificate of need programs. c. Professional standards review organizations (PSROs). d. Peer review organizations (PROs). e. all of the above. f. a and b only.
A patient with a urinary diversion requires a sterile urine specimen for culture and sensitivity. Which action should the nurse take to obtain the sterile specimen?
a. Have the patient void into a sterile cup after being cleaned. b. Collect the specimen from a new urine pouch. c. Insert a sterile catheter into the urinary stoma. d. Let urine drip from the stoma into a sterile specimen cup.