Who among the following is most likely to experience an impaired drug response caused by the lack of adequate nutrition?
A. A comatose patient on TPN
B. A nursing home patient
C. A patient living with his or her family members
D. A physically active senior citizen
Answer: B
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The nurse is teaching a patient about the proper procedure for testing stool for occult blood. The nurse's teaching has been effective if the patient makes which statement?
a. "I apply a very thick smear of stool onto the guaiac slide.". b. "The electronic meter calculates a reading within minutes.". c. "It is best if I get two separate samples from the same stool.". d. "I call my doctor for white paper with stool and developer on it.".
Which of the following statements about evidence-based practice has been identified by multiple reports over the past decade, such as To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System (2000),
rossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century (2001), and Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality (2003)? A) We must continue to cling to "the way we've always done it." B) We have spent billions of dollars each year researching new treatments and have translated that knowledge into clinical practice. C) We are not translating the knowledge that we are gaining into clinical practice. D) We have continued to spend more than a trillion dollars a year providing care and do translate that capacity into improved clinical practice.
The mother of an adolescent calls the clinic nurse and reports that her daughter wants to have her navel pierced. The mother asks the nurse about the dangers associated with body piercing. What should the nurse tell the mother?
A. Hepatitis B is a concern with body piercing B. Infection always occurs when body piercing is done C. Body piercing is generally harmless as long as it is performed under sterile conditions D. It is important to discourage body piercing because of the risk of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
A high concentration of unconjugated bilirubin in the blood of a newborn infant with neonatal hemolytic disease is hazardous and may cause permanent damage to the infant's nervous system
Indicate whether the statement is true or false