The primary objective of hospice care is to:
1. Increase the quality of remaining life
2. Reduce the care of terminally ill
3. Keep clients at home
4. Provide care for terminally ill clients expected to live longer than 6 months
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The primary objective of hospice care is to increase the quality of remaining life.
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A client is prescribed warfarin for chronic atrial fibrillation. Which laboratory value is most concerning to the nurse?
1. Platelet count 130,000/microliter 2. Hematocrit level 31% 3. Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) 38 seconds 4. International normalized ratio (INR) 2.8
A patient with cholelithiasis is recovering from extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Which statements indicate that the patient remembers the procedure accurately?
Select all that apply. 1. "It didn't take long, just a few hours." 2. "They gave me some medication in my IV. I didn't feel much." 3. "Afterwards the nurses kept asking me if my abdomen hurt or if I was nauseated." 4. "I was glad I could move around a lot during the procedure." 5. "They used a big machine to guide the shock waves to the stones."
The community nurse is working with a client from Southeast Asia who has delivered her first child. Her mother has come to live with the family for several months
The nurse understands that the main role of the grandmother while visiting is to do which of the following? 1. Help the new mother by allowing her to focus on resting and caring for the baby. 2. Teach her son-in-law the right way to be a father because this is his first child. 3. Make sure that her daughter does not become abusive towards the infant. 4. Pass on the cultural values and beliefs to the newborn grandchild.
Describe how the process of immunization makes a person immune to a disease.
What will be an ideal response?