As the roles of nurses change, which of the following is not a consideration for the administrative nurse?
A) Cost containment
B) Global economy
C) Management of healthcare
D) Development of alternative theory
D
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Patients who are enrolled in hospice care through Medicare are often felt to suffer unnecessarily because they do not receive adequate attention for their symptoms of the underlying illness. What factor most contributes to this phenomenon?
A) Unwillingness to overmedicate the dying patient B) Rules concerning completion of all cure-focused medical treatment C) Unwillingness of patients and families to acknowledge the patient is terminal D) Lack of knowledge of patients and families regarding availability of care
The nurse is caring for a patient who died a few minutes ago. The patient's family is at the bedside and very demonstrative in their grief, weeping loudly and holding on to the patient's body. What is the most appropriate action of the nurse?
a. Inform the family that the patient's body must be taken to the morgue shortly. b. Ask the family members to step outside while postmortem care is provided. c. Obtain required signatures for the body to be taken to the funeral home. d. Provide privacy and allow the patient's family to grieve over the body.
A 23-year-old woman comes to the free clinic stating "I think I have a lump in my breast. Do I have cancer?" The nurse instructs the patient that a diagnosis of breast cancer is confirmed by what?
A) Supervised breast self-examination B) Mammography C) Fine-needle aspiration D) Chest x-ray
If a client is diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), the nurse recognizes that the major concern with this condition is that:
a. without treatment, it may progress to prostatic cancer b. urinary outlet obstruction, infection, and kidney damage may result c. impotence occurs in the majority of clients d. symptoms will worsen