What should a medical record provide for all health care providers? (Select all that apply.)
a. Care given to the patient
b. Care planned for the patient
c. A patient's nursing problems
d. A patient's medical problems
e. Details about any incident reports
f. The patient's response to treatment
A, B, C, D, F
A medical record should furnish all health care providers with a concise, accurate, written picture of a patient's medical and nursing problems, care planned and given, and the patient's response to treatments.
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a. causes the parents and school personnel to be distressed b. involves insisting on sleeping with the parents c. affects social, academic, or job functioning, or causes the child distress d. results in hospitalization in a psychiatric or mental health facility
A man on antiulcer therapy complains of reduced libido and impotence. The nurse informs him that it may be associated with:
1. nizatidine. 2. cimetidine. 3. ranitidine. 4. famotidine.
Which statement describes the proper way to chart medication administration?
A. Chart after you give the medication. B. At the end of the day, chart all of the medications you have given. C. At the beginning of the day, chart all of the medications you are ordered to give. D. Chart before you give the medication.
The nurse designs a plan of care for the client with peptic ulcer disease (PUD) who is taking omeprazole (Prilosec) for the management of his illness. What will the best plan by the nurse include?
1. Omeprazole (Prilosec) should not be crushed or chewed. 2. Omeprazole (Prilosec) is best taken with yogurt. 3. Omeprazole (Prilosec) is recommended for long-term treatment of peptic ulcer disease (PUD). 4. Omeprazole (Prilosec) should be administered before meals. 5. Omeprazole (Prilosec) should be administered after meals.