The patient who has been diagnosed with metastatic cancer declines chemotherapy treatments. The nurse assists this patient in explaining this position to other health care providers. What advocacy model is this nurse exemplifying?
1. Patient advocate model
2. Values-based decision model
3. Rights protection model
4. Jurisprudence model
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Rationale: The patient advocate model is also known as the respect for persons model and focuses on inherent human dignity and respect. This model is not as specific as the other models.
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A) Discolored urine B) Jaundice C) Signs and symptoms of continuing urinary tract infection (UTI) D) Flank pain
The nurse is caring for a patient in the emergent/resuscitative phase of a burn injury. Upon analysis of the patient's laboratory studies, the nurse will expect the results to indicate:
A) Hyperkalemia, hyponatremia, elevated hematocrit, and metabolic acidosis B) Hypokalemia, hypernatremia, decreased hematocrit, and metabolic acidosis C) Hyperkalemia, hypernatremia, decreased hematocrit, and metabolic alkalosis D) Hypokalemia, hyponatremia, elevated hematocrit, and metabolic alkalosis
Which of the following explains why children between the ages of 1 and 5 are more at risk than older children for getting serious burn injuries?
a. They tend to aggravate and make their parents angry more than older children do. b. Children this age are small and cannot fight back then parents are abusive. c. The skin of a child is thinner and much more sensitive than an adult's skin. d. Children this age are more curious and tend to get into things very quickly.
In the ___ religion, on the 8th day, males are circumcised
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).