National guidelines recommend advance care planning for patients with terminal illness and life expectancy of less than 6 months
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
F
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The patient was admitted with the diagnosis of a stroke. The patient experiences dysphagia and right side paralysis and needs assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs)
The nurse caring for the patient has assigned the task of feeding the patient to the new nursing assistant personnel (NAP), and is concerned about aspiration. The nurse knows additional teaching is necessary when NAP states which of the following? a. "I will remind the patient to tilt the head backward when drinking fluids." b. "Thin fluids like water and fruit juice will need to be thickened." c. "I need to watch for pocketing food as I feed the patient." d. "It will take much longer to feed the patient than it did before the stroke."
What are the goals of the Healthy People 2010 campaign?
A. To provide culturally congruent care across the life span B. To increase years of healthy life while eliminating health disparities C. To eliminate all chronic and acute diseases affecting the population D. To provide specific population-focused health care delivery across the life span
Which does the nurse use to administer medication properly?
1. Use sterile technique for most nonparenteral medications. 2. Administer medication prepared by the medication nurse. 3. Leave the medication on the meal tray for the client to take. 4. Notify provider within 24 hours if client refuses medication.
Postural hypotension is likely in the setting of an increase in preload
a. true b. false