Express 3:10 as a decimal: ________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
0.3
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The client is a very thin, emaciated 86-year-old woman who reports new-onset shortness of breath. Chest x-ray reveals a spot on the lungs that the physician believes is an inoperable lung cancer
The client's emaciated status would exclude her from receiving chemotherapy, and the physician says the location of the cancer would make radiation therapy unsuccessful. In advocating for this client, the nurse would encourage the health care team to: 1. Perform any procedure necessary to diagnose this suspected cancer. 2. Promote the use of noninvasive procedures to diagnose the suspected cancer. 3. Provide palliative care to treat the signs and symptoms without diagnostic testing. 4. Determine the client and family's wishes regarding diagnostic testing.
A nurse failed to monitor a patient's respiratory status after medicating the patient with a narcotic analgesic. The patient's respiratory status worsened, requiring intubation. The patient's family claimed the nurse committed malpractice. What must be present for the nurse to be held liable? (Select all that apply.)
a. A nurse-patient relationship exists. b. The nurse failed to perform in a reasonable manner. c. There was harm to the patient. d. The nurse was prudent in her performance. e. The nurse did not cause the patient harm. f. Duty does not exist.
The nurse performing an eye examination will document normal findings for accommodation when
a. shining a light into the patient's eye causes pupil constriction in the opposite eye. b. a blink reaction follows touching the patient's pupil with a piece of sterile cotton. c. covering one eye for 1 minute and noting pupil constriction as the cover is removed. d. the pupils constrict while fixating on an object being moved closer to the patient's eyes.
The client is instructing a client recovering from a classic uterine incision for a cesarean birth. Which statement indicates that the client understands implications for future pregnancies that are secondary to this type of incision?
1. "I can only have one more baby." 2. "The next time I have a baby, I can try to deliver vaginally." 3. "Every time I have a baby, I will have to have a cesarean delivery." 4. "The risk of rupturing my uterus is too high for me to have any more babies."