A 15-year-old boy has been diagnosed with bone cancer after several months of fatigue and pain. What question should the nurse include in an assessment when trying to minimize the potential for adverse drug reactions?
A) "Do you ever use alcohol or drugs?"
B) "How much do you weigh?"
C) "On a scale of zero to ten, what level of pain is acceptable to you?"
D) "Did Tylenol or other over-the-counter pain remedies ever relieve your pain?"
A
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a. Behavior choices made by persons in the community b. Number of health care providers and hospitals in the community c. Quality of the public safety officers (police officers, firefighters, etc.) d. The number and credentials of public health officials in the community
A nurse is helping a client feed her newborn, who has a cleft lip and palate. Which of the following guidelines would the nurse include when teaching the client about feeding an infant with a cleft palate?
A) Placing the infant in the supine position B) Using special cleft palate nipples C) Reducing the size of the hole in the nipple D) Placing the Lamb's nipple over the defect
According to the complexity theory, which of the following should be the focus of measurement?
a. Cost per hospital day b. Bed utilization c. Infection rates d. Staff morale and budgets
A nurse is providing care for a patient who just underwent a screening colonoscopy in which no abnormalities were noted. Which of the following would indicate the need for additional discharge teaching?
1. "Since I'm over 60, I need to have this done every 3 to 5 years." 2. "I can resume my normal diet once I return home." 3. "The test results mean the doctor didn't see any colon cancer." 4. "You still need to monitor me for a while before I can go home."