Persons and families whose income is above the federal income guidelines but insufficient to meet living expenses are often called:
1. In persistent poverty
2. Near poor
3. Impoverished
4. Neighborhood poverty
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The near poor are persons and families whose income is above the federal income guidelines but insufficient to meet living expenses.
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The psychiatric–mental health nurse's scope of practice includes:
1. Developing a comfortable relationship with the client. 2. Establishing a routine for clients to manage basic life issues of eating, sleeping, grooming, and hygiene. 3. Identifying client reasons for failure to comply with recommended treatments. 4. Exploring the meaning of life experiences such as birth and death, losses, life course changes, and human rights.
After drawing up heparin from a vial, what is the next thing the nurse should do before giving this medication to the patient?
a. Check the syringe size and needle again. b. Look at the color of the solution. c. Let another nurse check the dosage. d. Check the order one more time.
A patient is being discharged on long-term oral anticoagulant therapy for arterial thrombus formation in the lower extremity. What should be included in this patient's discharge instructions?
1. Slight bleeding from the nose is expected. 2. Contact the physician's office for follow-up laboratory studies. 3. Pain in the limb is a sign of healing. 4. Take two doses of the prescribed anticoagulant if a dose is missed one day.
The nursing student tells a peer, "Once I begin studying, I don't dare take a break. If I stop for even 5 minutes, I know I'll never go back to studying." The peer identifies this statement as
a. negative thinking. b. random thinking. c. ruminative thinking. d. all-or-nothing thinking.