How can a nursing assistant help while a resident is adjusting to life in a nursing home?
What will be an ideal response?
Nursing assistants can help residents adjust to life in the nursing
home by orienting the resident and family members, giving the
resident time to adjust, being patient and warm, striving to be
consistent, and keeping their distance when necessary.
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Which of the following situations illustrates control over an external confounding variable?
A) Using a script to relay information about the study. B) Randomizing assignment to control treatment groups. C) Allowing for maximum flexibility over where data is collected. D) Choosing a heterogeneous sample of subjects.
A client tells his nurse, "I really don't like the nurse on first shift; she treats me bad." Which action should the nurse take as an advocate for this client?
A) Call the agency client advocacy department. B) Confront the nurse when she comes to work. C) Tell the client he has the right to switch nurses. D) Call the local authorities.
A patient with type 2 diabetes is admitted. He is very lethargic and hypotensive. A diagnosis of hyperglycemic hyperosmolar syndrome (HHS) is made based on laboratory values of
a. decreased serum glucose and increased serum ketones. b. increased urine ketones and decreased serum osmolality. c. increased serum osmolality and increased serum potassium. d. increased serum osmolality and increased serum glucose.
Public health economics focuses on the:
a. use of resources. b. availability and usage of goods and ser-vices related to public health. c. scarcity of resources in the health care in-dustry. d. management and use of monies to improve the health of populations.