Oil-retention enemas are given for:
a. Constipation or fecal impaction
b. Flatulence
c. Certain surgeries and diagnostic proce-dures
d. Ostomies
A
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Which of the following best describes how to handle extraneous variables? (Choose all that apply.) The researcher:
a. can control all extraneous variables as long as they are identified. b. can control for extraneous variables through study design. c. must identify the main extraneous variables and control for them. d. should include all extraneous variables in the data analysis to eliminate their influence.
The dying client and family have been approached by their physician to consider a move to a hospice-like facility for palliative care
The family members tell the nurse they are afraid that their loved one will receive only custodial care because therapy for a cure is no longer being pursued. What is the nurse's best response? A. "The goal of palliative care is to provide the greatest degree of comfort possible and help the dying person enjoy whatever time is left." B. "Palliative care will release you from the burden of having to care for someone in the home; it does not mean that curative treatment will stop." C. "A palliative care facility is like a nursing home, which costs less than a hospital because less care is being provided." D. "Your loved one is unaware of his surroundings and will not notice the difference between home and a palliative care facility."
Florence Nightingale is known for which of the following? Select all that apply
a. She promoted holistic health. b. She directed nurses to assure patients had clean water, sanitation, clean air, and good ventilation. c. She was a pioneer in using evaluative statistics to monitor various factors influencing health. d. She crafted the standards of Western secular nursing education and practice. e. She was the first occupational health nurse.
The patient is a 50-year-old African American male who has come in for his routine annual physical. Which of the following preventive screenings does the nurse recommend?
a. Digital rectal examination of the prostate (DRE) annually b. Ca125 blood test once a year c. Complete eye examination every year d. Colonoscopy every 3 years