A nurse is providing care for a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who has been admitted to the hospital because of a recent decrease in his CD4+ count
The nurse is aware of the patient's high risk of developing secondary illnesses, including Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). When assessing the patient for signs and symptoms of KS, the nurse would examine the patient for:
A) Newly acquired lesions that are reddish or bluish in color
B) Skin tears on the patient's trunk that are slow to heal
C) Changes in the shape, character, or color of a mole
D) Patches of scaly, dry, pruritic skin on the patient's torso
A
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The unit secretary receives a phone call from the health insurer for a hospitalized patient. The caller seeks information about the patient's projected length of stay. How should the secretary handle the request?
a. Obtain the information from the patient's medical record, and relay it to the caller. b. Inform the caller that all information about patients is confidential. c. Refer the request for information to the patient's case manager. d. Refer the request to the psychiatrist.
A physician orders a nurse to give a patient a placebo instead of her scheduled opiate medication because he doesn't believe that the patient is really experiencing pain. The nurse refuses to do so but tells the physician he is happy to talk with the
patient about her pain and whether they could try decreasing the dosage of her pain medication. This is an example of which element of ethical decision making? 1. Values clarification 2. Stakeholder identification 3. Moral hierarchy exploration 4. Integrity-preserving compromise
Health can be defined merely as the absence of disease
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A patient comes into the emergency department after being injured in an automobile crash in which a semi-truck hit her car from behind. The nurse will assess this patient for findings associated with which type of injury?
1. Ankylosing spondylitis 2. Axial loading 3. Hyperflexion 4. Hyperextension