The nurse discusses the benefit of adding a statin drug to a client's medication regimen based on the understanding that this group of drugs can reduce the risk of death from which of the following? Select all that apply
A) Stroke
B) Transient ischemic attack
C) Kidney disease
D) Hepatic disease
E) Cancer
Ans: A, B
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The use of statins in clients with hyperlipidemia with or without clinically evident coronary heart disease can reduce the risk of death from stroke and transient ischemic attacks.
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A) Through the liver B) Exhaled through the lungs C) Excreted in the urine D) Excreted in the bile
In attempting to teach a patient how to clean around the surgical sutures on his abdomen upon discharge to home, the nurse determines that applying the principle of the learner's self-concept would be most effective with this patient
Which of the following is the best example of an application of that principle in this situation? A) Relating to the patient a story about another patient who failed to properly clean his sutures and the outcome B) Explaining that failure to properly clean around the suture site could result in serious infection C) Commenting that learning to properly clean his suture site could give the man skills that would better prepare him for a career in health care D) Mentioning to the patient that, if he would prefer, he can watch a video on the hospital's website on how to clean around a suture site
Select from the list below all components that are found in the Canadian Federal-Provincial Arrangements and Established Programs Financing Act
a. Per capita payments are made on the basis of previous expenditures and adjusted regularly in relation to the Gross National Product (GNP). b. No out-of-pocket expenses are required for any health care. c. Tax points are transferred by the federal government, allowing provinces to reduce their tax contribution to the federal gov-ernment and at the same time increase the portion of tax collected at the provincial level. d. Equalization of tax points is distributed among poorer provinces. e. Coverage is not extended to government employees because they have their own system of health-care payment. f. Additional per capita payments are in-dexed to help pay for nursing home, resi-dential care, home care, and ambulatory care.
The nurse is learning how to identify populations that are at risk for experiencing racism. Which of the following stress factors would be related to racism?
A) Being harassed by police B) Experiencing poverty C) Being unemployed D) Having a parent with mental illness