What is considered the most effective approach to getting an addict into treatment?
A. Arrange a planned confrontation from those with leverage, such as family members or an employment supervisor.
B. Call the police and have the addict forcibly brought to the emergency department for a psychiatric admission.
C. Call the police and have the addict forcibly removed to jail.
D. Wait until the addict has "hit bottom" and recognizes the need for treatment.
ANS: A
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a. Managed care focuses on long-term care services for skilled nursing. b. Managed care focuses on hospital admis-sions and illnesses for a group of people. c. Managed care focuses on control over primary health services for a defined pop-ulation. d. Managed care focuses on decreased access to care while increasing costs.
The nurse is describing the phases of treatment to a child who was diagnosed with leukemia and his parents. The nurse explains the induction stage as which of the following?
A) Intense therapy to strengthen remission B) Rapid promotion of complete remission C) Elimination of all residual leukemic cells D) Reduction of risk for central nervous system (CNS) disease
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What will be an ideal response?
Nurse managers can best be described as people who
a. develop institutional goals based on staff suggestions. b. develop institutional goals based on a personal theory. c. motivate staff to meet institutional goals through positional power. d. inspire staff to meet institutional goals through personal power.