A client is receiving continuing care for a health care problem. Which of the following types of agencies will this client most likely receive care?
1. Acute care hospital
2. Adult daycare
3. Specialty care hospital
4. Physician's office
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Agencies that provide continuing care include adult daycare, long-term care facilities, and hospice. Continuing care is not provided in acute care or specialty care hospitals nor in physicians' offices.
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The cardiologist has told the patient and family that the diagnosis is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Later they ask the nurse what the patient did wrong to cause this condition. The nurse explains:
a. "This is a result of a high-cholesterol diet and poor exercise habits." b. "The heart has not been getting enough aerobic exercise and has developed this condition. In cardiac rehabilitation they will work with the patient to strengthen his heart through special exercises." c. "This is an inherited condition. You should give serious consideration to having family members screened for it." d. "This is a result of clot formation in the blood vessels in the heart. We will need to use medications to reduce the risk of further clotting."
The nurse is administering a stat dose of epinephrine. Epinephrine is appropriate for which situation?
a. Severe hypertension b. Angina c. Cardiac arrest d. Tachycardia
Which of these approaches would be most appropriate for the nurse to take when preparing a patient with a Swan-Ganz catheter for a hemodynamic assessment?
1. placing the patient in Trendelenburg position prior to obtaining measurements 2. injecting cardiac output fluid at the beginning of inspiration 3. zeroing the transducer at the phlebostatic axis 4. warming cardiac output injectate fluid to body temperature
A nurse is caring for a 30-year-old client who has been involved in a drunk-driving
accident. What is the permitted maximum legal level of blood alcohol content when driving? A) 0.1 g/dL B) 0.3 g/dL C) 0.4 g/dL D) 0.5 g/dL