The substantiation of nursing contributions to high quality and low cost likely will depend on ____
a. Client surveys
b. Industry trends
c. Market analyses
d. Outcome studies
D
To substantiate nursing contributions to high quality and low cost, reliable data must be obtained.
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The nurse working in a Planned Parenthood program recognizes that chlamydial infections are often asymptomatic, so the nurse should focus on:
1. care of clients who have symptoms and can be diagnosed and treated. 2. talking to high school students about the disease. 3. identification and screening of women at high risk for chlamydia. 4. talking to parents of teenagers about the disease.
A woman hospitalized with preterm labor is being treated with a beta-adrenergic agent. Which symptom is a side effect associated with this drug?
a. Gastrointestinal bleeding c. Tachycardia b. Blurred vision d. Epigastric pain
A nurse sees a new nurse on the floor handling chemotherapy medications without gloves or protective clothing. What should the nurse do first?
1. Talk about it with other employees at the nurses' station later that day. 2. Nothing. The new nurse is doing nothing wrong. 3. Remind the new nurse that it is not safe to handle these medications without protective clothing. 4. Report the new nurse to the supervisor for unsafe use of medications.
The nurse is caring for older patients in a long-term-care facility. Which factor should the nurse consider when managing pain in these patients? Select all that apply.
A. Assessment of pain in the cognitively impaired older adult is not possible. B. An increased risk of depression in older adults is related to chronic pain. C. Increased A fiber transmission increases the potential for addiction in older adults. D. Less reporting of referred pain may mask myocardial infarction in older adults. E. Delirium should be evaluated as pain.