A gait belt is contraindicated with obese patients because the belts are too small to fit
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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A patient is going to have bowel surgery in the morning. The physician orders 500 mL of GoLytely PO to be administered at 5 PM this evening. How many liters will the nurse administer?
A) 1 B) ¾ C) ½ D) ¼
The impetus of what changed the structure of Medicare payments from a retrospectively adjusted cost reimbursement system to a prospective, risk-based one?
A) Zero-based budgets B) Diagnostic-related groupings C) Prospective payment system D) Incremental budgets
The pediatric nurse working in a community health care center is aware of the new trends in family and child nursing. Which of the following statements accurately reflects one of these trends?
A) Nursing care for mothers, families, and children focuses on providing generalized and basic care. B) The current body of knowledge supports longer hospital stays with decreased outpatient services. C) Despite the complexity of issues, the biggest demand of families is for more advanced scientific and technological care. D) Advances in knowledge have supported a healthier lifestyle but have also contributed to difficult issues that nurses face in providing safe and competent nursing care.
The "Dark Period of Nursing" when convalescent patients, prostitutes, prisoners, and drunkards provided hospital nursing care occurred during the:
a. Reformation. c. Middle Ages. b. Crusades. d. Early Christian era.