The Patient's Bill of Rights ensures that people have the right to refuse treatment, food, or fluids
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The Patient's or Resident's Bill of Rights ensures people of the right to refuse treatment, food, or fluid if they so wish. The patient should have a clear mind, knowledge of alternative treatments, and an understanding of the long-term consequences of the decision.
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A 78-year-old male patient has been newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism. He lives in his own apartment in a community development designed for the elderly. He asks the nurse assigned to this complex for advice about his condition
What would be the best advice the nurse could give the patient? A) "Stop taking your self-prescribed daily aspirin." B) "Stop attending group activities." C) "Keep the temperature in your apartment cooler than usual." D) "Increase fiber and fluids in your diet."
A client with an obsessive-compulsive personality tells the nurse, "I become so anxious and stressed and then I start my compulsive ritual. I wish I could stop it." To help the client reduce the anxiety, the nurse should offer which suggestion?
1. "Make a list of things that provoke anxiety for you." 2. "Hold an ice cube in each hand for 10 minutes when you are tempted to do a ritual." 3. "Keep distracted by playing the television and radio loudly." 4. "Set a rigid timetable of your daily schedule."
Abnormal findings on the triceps skinfold (TSF) are below the
a. 5th percentile and above the 95th percentile. b. 10th percentile and above the 90th percentile. c. 15th percentile and above the 85th percentile. d. 20th percentile and above the 80th percentile.
Your patient is found to have cryptorchidism. This means that he has
a. an enlargement of the scrotum. c. a bulge in the inguinal area. b. one testis that is not palpable. d. an epididymal enlargement.