The goal of palliative nutritional care for the terminally ill client is to do which of the following?
1. Alleviate discomfort and relieve symptoms
2. Maximize intake of a balanced diet
3. Compensate for malabsorption problems
4. Substitute a liquid complete nutritional supplement for solid food
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A) Tachycardia B) Left-sided heart failure C) Pain D) Dysrhythmias
A student finds a tool that measures adaptability that she wants to use for her master's thesis. It has 25 items, and they are all of the ordinal level, scaled 0 through 5
The level of measurement of the tool is said by its authors, pragmatics all, to be which of the following? a. Ratio level b. Interval level c. Ordinal level d. Nominal level
What factors make qualitative research challenging and need consideration when undertaking it? The terms ‘analysis' and ‘interpretation' are often used interchangeably. What is the difference between them? Why do you think that ‘interpretive description' has become an increasingly popular approach to qualitative data analysis?
What will be an ideal response?
An older client asks why their height has decreased by 1/4 of inch over past two years. Which response should the nurse provide?
A. "Stand up straighter this time and we will measure again." B. "Your height decreases with age due to musculoskeletal changes." C. "Your bones are weaker and are shrinking." D. "Maybe you are mistaken about your actual height."