Hospice services include all of the following except
a. Personal care services
b. Funeral arrangement services
c. Family counseling and support
d. Ongoing support for families after the per-son's death
B
Hospice volunteers or workers often assist a person in expressing his or her desires for funeral plans, but they do not arrange funerals. Responses A, C, and D all are services that a hospice would provide.
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When the nurse is auscultating the carotid artery for bruits, which of these statements reflects the correct technique?
a. While listening with the bell of the stethoscope, the patient is asked to take a deep breath and hold it. b. While auscultating one side with the bell of the stethoscope, the carotid artery is palpated on the other side to check pulsations. c. While lightly applying the bell of the stethoscope over the carotid artery and listening, the patient is asked to take a breath, exhale, and briefly hold it. d. While firmly placing the bell of the stethoscope over the carotid artery and listening, the patient is asked to take a breath, exhale, and briefly hold it.
The nurse should anticipate she will need to teach the newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis patient how to give injections if he is prescribed which medication to modify the course of the disease by reducing exacerbations?
A) Corticosteroids B) Plasmapheresis C) Interferon beta D) Mitoxantrone
One aspect of health care's difference from a traditional economic model is:
a. payment mechanisms c. resource supply b. nursing care costs d. profit
Which of the following statements describes the purpose of the nursing process?
a. Process of documentation designed to decrease liability b. Process designed to maximize reimbursement potential c. A sophisticated time-management strategy d. Process used to identify and solve patient problems