What is the correct term to use for a patient with a vision disorder?
a. Blind
b. Handicapped
c. Partially blind
d. Visually impaired
D
The term visual impairment is a medically accepted term to use for patients with a vision loss.
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The nurse suggests that a patient start a journal. How should the nurse explain the difference between journaling and life stories?
A) Life stories are factual reports. Journals are limited to the search for insights. B) Life stories are the reminiscences of the elderly. Journals are the diaries of the young. C) Journaling examines activities and thoughts in the present. Life stories are accounts from the past. D) Life stories are fictional accounts loosely based on real life. Journals are accurate, factual accounts.
The patient has yellow skin and low hemoglobin and hematocrit levels. The nurse should look for:
a. an elevated bilirubin level. b. a low reticulocyte count. c. sickled cells. d. low white blood cell and platelet counts.
Which group is not a major information technology research firm?
a. Forrester b. Gartner c. HIMSS d. KLAS
When observing the red reflex in a client who says, "I hope you can see it because I have cataracts," which of the following would the nurse find?
A) Black spokes pointing inward B) White arc around the limbus C) Thickened bulbar conjunctiva D) A red spot on the retina