A hospital nurse is admitting a new patient and asks if the patient has a primary care provider. The patient asks about the benefit of having a primary care provider and the nurse replies with which of the following?
A. Increased access to health care
B. Decreased health-care costs
C. Focus on a curative model of care
D. Increased patient education and advocacy
E. Physician focused treatment
ANS: A, B, D
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A) Decrease costs B) Reduce staff turnover C) Improve communication D) Enable the delivery of safe quality care E) Ensure care is provided in an effective, efficient manner
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A child is in uncompensated metabolic alkalosis. What should the nurse expect the arterial blood gas to be?
a. HCO3, 24; pH, 7.35 b. HCO3, 28; pH, 7.50 c. HCO3, 20; pH, –7.30 d. HCO3, 26; pH, 7.40