Which is the fastest growing health care expenditure in the United States?
A) Health care technology
B) Hospital care
C) Outpatient treatment and surgery
D) Prescription medications
D
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The nurse is planning a teaching session regarding ulcers for the residents of an assisted living complex. Which of the concepts may be included in the presentation?
A) Gastric ulcers are more common then duodenal ulcers. B) The individual having a peptic ulcer will most likely experience pain when empty. C) A colonoscopy is the most common test used to diagnose the presence of a gastric ulcer. D) The first sign of a peptic ulcer may be serious gastrointestinal bleeding.
A nurse researcher is seeking studies whose outcomes are described with a measure of precision about the studies' results. The statistical descriptions the researcher will seek include what? (Select all that apply.)
a. The t test b. Correlation c. Standard deviation d. CI e. Mean
A nurse pays a house visit to a client who is on total parenteral nutrition. The client expresses that he misses enjoying food with his family. What is the most appropriate response by the nurse?
A) Tell me more about how it feels to eat with your family. B) You can sit with your family at meal times, even though you don't eat. C) In a few weeks you may be allowed to eat a little; you may enjoy then. D) I know that you must be missing your favorite foods.
Which of the following, if any, are legitimate interventions for transitioning an adolescent to an autonomous adult health-care consumer?
1. Involving the adolescent in providing some of his own medical history. 2. Having the adolescent make his own appointments and make sure he doesn't run out of his asthma medicines. 3. Discussing the results of his laboratory tests with the adolescent before informing his parents. 4. All of the above