The health-care provider has suggested that the client use a particular vitamin in megadoses to help lower serum cholesterol. Which vitamin is it?
A) Thiamin B) Riboflavin C) Niacin D) Folic acid
C
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Large doses of niacin in the form of nicotinic acid (1–6 g/day) are used therapeutically to lower total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol and raise HDL cholesterol.
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Thoughts or fantasies about suicide that are expressed but have no definite intent are called
1. suicidal ideation. 2. suicidal threats. 3. suicidal attempts. 4. parasuicidal behaviors.
The organization's ethics committee is attempting to resolve an ethical dilemma regarding one aspect of a client's care. Once the committee has identified the ethical problem, the next step in the process would be to:
a. generate alternatives to solve the dilemma. b. carry out the moral action. c. identify the consequences for the moral action. d. determine the claims and the parties involved in the dilemma.
Values of individual institutions and organized health care systems that are explicitly communicated through philosophy and policy statements are called:
a. formal values. c. institutional values. b. overt values. d. covert values.
It is important to be able to compare and contrast population-based health care needs with unique needs of other population groups. Which characteristics are reflective of Medicare clients with acute myocardial infarctions?
1. Less likely to be treated in an urban hospital. 2. Less likely to receive recommended treatments in a rural hospital. 3. Urban hospitals have higher adjusted 7-day post–acute myocardial infarction complications. 4. Rural hospitals have significantly higher adjusted 30-day post-AMI death rates from all causes. A) 1, 3 B) 1, 4 C) 2, 3 D) 2, 4