The nurse is preparing the client for surgery. Identification of risk factors associated with delayed wound healing is done during a preoperative assessment, and can include: Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Diabetes.
2. Cardiac conditions.
3. COPD.
4. Steroid therapy.
5. Epilepsy.
1,4
Rationale: Diabetes mellitus predisposes the client to wound infection and delayed healing.
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A. 50 mL/hr B. 250 mL/hr C. 17 mL/hr D. 34 mL/hr
The health care provider has ordered a fluid deprivation test on a patient. What is this patient most likely being tested for?
A) Hashimoto's thyroiditis B) Diabetes insipidus (DI) C) Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) D) Hyperparathyroidism
Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) and prospective payment systems are most clearly the reason for
a. Medicare and Medicaid. b. critical pathways and managed care. c. group health insurance and centralization. d. a shortage of nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel.
Interpretation of results refers to the process of attaching meaning to the numerical values obtained in statistical testing
A) True B) False