The perioperative patient journey begins when the patient has provided written consent for the procedure/surgery
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
ANS: F
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a. Tell the client that everything will be okay. b. Tell the client how lucky she is to have someone to help her. c. Encourage the client to allow her mother-in-law to take care of the newborn. d. Encourage the client to tell her mother-in-law that she (the new mother) wants to care for her infant.
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a. Allowing the client to rest instead of making him or her perform oral hygiene b. Helping the client wash the groin and axillary areas every 12 hours c. Cutting food and opening food packages when the client's meal tray arrives d. Reminding the client to use the incentive spirometer every hour while awake
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a. Using high-tech–low-touch approaches. b. Using high-tech–high-touch approaches. c. Providing products. d. Providing tangible products of satisfaction.
MC After a disaster has affected a community, recovery efforts are focused on supporting the community's existing strengths to restore it to its best level of optimal functioning. Neumann's nursing model identifies this as
A. The line of resistance. B. Reconstitution. C. The flexible line of defense. D. The normal line of defense.