A hospice nurse shows the best understanding of the personal commitment to the dying patient by
a. providing the patient with sufficient, ef-fective pain management therapies.
b. addressing the patient's need to feel va-lued by those attending to his or her death.
c. being available emotionally and physically throughout the dying process.
d. empathizing with the patient and his or her family and friends during the process.
C
Once a nurse becomes committed to working with a patient and family throughout the dying process, it is important to follow through on this commitment as much as possible. The other op-tions are narrower in scope.
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1. Contingency theory 2. Closed-systems theory 3. Classical theory 4. Chaos theory
What is the nurse manager likely to use in order to manage numerical data?
1. Statistical analysis 2. Word processors 3. Spreadsheets 4. Graphed tablets
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a. early infancy. b. late infancy. c. childhood. d. early adulthood.
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A) Measure from the bottom of the chin to the top of the sternum, and measure around the neck. B) The left side of the collar should line up with the center of the patient's neck. C) Move the patient's head slightly to allow placement of the collar under the head. D) Be sure that the front half of the collar does not overlap the back half.