You are in the process of designing a patient education program that will provide education and monitoring for patients with hypertension. To support your planning, you draw out and present patient data from:
a. A clinical database.
b. Biomedical technologies.
c. E-mail.
d. Internet sources.
A
Clinical databases are collections of elements organized and structured for the processing, or-ganization, and presentation of data for interpretation as information, which, in this particular instance, includes outpatient data.
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1. "I thought her skin color change was due to going to the indoor tanning booth." 2. "She has been exercising by gathering wild berries and greens for salads." 3. "We went to the mall last week and she got pretty tired while shopping." 4. "She was exposed to influenza last week when she went to visit her sister."
The nurse cautions that the technique of "tight control" of hyperglycemia is not recommended for the older adult because the older adult:
a. may not be able to test and administer sliding-scale insulin. b. is at a lower risk for hyperglycemia. c. is prone to cardiovascular problems resul-tant from hypoglycemia. d. has an unstable metabolic rate.
The nurse encounters a woman giving birth at the local shopping mall. What should the nurse do first?
1. Visualize the perineum. 2. Apply counterpressure to the perineum. 3. Ask a bystander for a dry piece of clothing. 4. Determine if the membranes have ruptured.
Sleep, appetite, and body temperature are controlled by which gland?
A. thyroid B. hypothalamus C. pineal D. thymus