A lawsuit has been filed claiming that a nurse's actions caused the death of a neonate. Why does the attorney for the plaintiff want to prove proximate cause?
1. Proximate cause determines how far the nurse's liability extends for consequences of the alleged negligent actions.
2. The need for expert witnesses is eliminated because harm can be approximated.
3. A direct line of causation, from incident to injury, is proved.
4. To identify if the harm could have been predicted to result from the action of the defendant
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Rationale: Proximate cause attempts to determine if the defendant is liable for occurrences that happen after the negligent act took place.
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a. Learn to think critically. b. Ignore any information. c. Be open to new information. d. Promise yourself that you will look at it later. e. Learn to find relationships in new information. f. Learn at least one new piece of information a day. g. Ignore new information unless it relates directly to the job.
During the holidays, the nurse is making a home health visit for a patient who previously lived with her sister for more than 20 years. Although it has been over than a year since her sister died, she tells the nurse,
"It's no worse now than any other time; I never feel any relief from this overwhelming sadness. I still can't sleep a full night through. I know the house is a mess; I feel too tired to do anything, even to take a bath. You know, though, sometimes at night, she comes to me and I can see her plain as can be." The nurse observed the patient's clothing is not clean and that her hair is not combed. The patient is apparently not eating adequately. What can the nurse conclude? The patient is probably 1) Grieving longer than usual because of the closeness of the relationship with her sister. 2) Experiencing a depressive disorder rather than simply grieving the loss of her sister. 3) Feeling guilt and worthlessness because her sister died and she is still alive. 4) Interpreting the holiday as a trigger event, which is causing her to hallucinate.
An implementation that can be used to help prevent relapse in a patient who has a substance abuse problem is:
1. self-hypnosis. 2. imagery. 3. stress management. 4. blocking.
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a. machine learning, use of statistical methods, large amounts of data. b. a process wherein patients are selected for clinical trials. c. "fishing" for information in data. d. cleaning data for further analysis using other methods.