Which is a nursing care error that violates the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
a. Administering a stronger dose of drug than was ordered
b. Refusing to give a patient's daughter information over the phone
c. Informing the patient's medical power of attorney of a medication change
d. Leaving a copy of the patient's history and physical in the photocopier
D
Leaving the document in the photocopier could expose it to the public. Inappropriate drug administration is possible malpractice. Sharing information with the power of attorney is legal.
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A nurse manager at a long-term care facility is engaged in efforts to change many staff members' inaccurate and negative views of older adults. Which of the following statements made by staff is most clearly indicative of ageism?
A) "Older people seem to have so many more chronic health problems than younger people.". B) "Older adults' motor skills get progressively slower as they age.". C) "It's normal to expect a gradual loss of memory and intelligence with age.". D) "A lot of the physical changes that accompany aging are inevitable.".
When a patient is experiencing a life-threatening emergency, the nurse may be given an order to administer medication via which route?
a. IV b. IM c. Subcutaneous d. Rectal
A positive Murphy's sign suggests which of the following disorders?
a. hepatitis c. peritonitis b. appendicitis d. cholecystitis
RhoGAM is given to the postpartum client for the purpose of:
1. Preventing congenital birth defects through vaccination. 2. Preventing or avoiding the chronic state of infection of hepatitis B. 3. Preventing sensitization from the fetomaternal transfusion of Rh-positive fetal red blood cells. 4. Preventing the spread of Group B streptococcal infection in the client's neonate.