Which goal is most correctly stated?
a. The nurse will give the patient a back rub to relieve pain.
b. The patient will have less pain.
c. The patient will plan a day's meals for a 1,000 mg sodium diet by Friday.
d. The patient understands his illness.
C
An expected outcome is a description of the favorable patient status that is achieved when a prob-lem-focused nursing diagnosis has been resolved or positive adaptation has been enhanced. Clearly written outcome statements stipulate the patient's expected behavior or function within a specified time frame, rather than what the nursing interventions will accomplish. Some outcome statements require qualifiers or the conditions involved with the patient's activity.
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Which United States president formed the Committee on Economic Security as a means of helping the nation's needs?
a. Theodore Roosevelt c. Woodrow Wilson b. Lyndon B. Johnson d. Franklin Roosevelt
____________________ occurs when the heart muscle loses its blood supply.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The nurse is working on a medical unit with an LPN and UAP as the team members. Which tasks should the RN delegate to the UAP?
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