Who is responsible for ensuring that health care workers use standard precautions?

A. The health care facility
B. The Joint Commission
C. The health care worker
D. OSHA


Answer: C

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Which intervention should the nurse implement to improve the quality of this woman's sleep? a. Recommend preparation for sleep. b. Suggest trying a cup of warm milk at bedtime. c. Inquire about her nightly sleep rituals. d. Propose volunteer work at a thrift shop.

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Which of the following most influences a person's understanding of his or her disease process?

a. Access to health care b. Educational level c. Gender d. Socioeconomic level

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You are teaching the daughter how to instill ear drops of her father to remove impacted cerumen. What is important to teach this woman?

A) Insert the irrigating syringe deeply. B) Direct the flow of the ear drops toward the eardrum. C) Refrigerate before instillation. D) Place the container in warm water before instillation.

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Which description best applies to a hallucination? A patient:

a. looks at shadows on a wall and says, "I see scary faces." b. states, "I feel bugs crawling on my legs and biting me." c. becomes anxious when the nurse leaves his or her bedside. d. tries to hit the nurse when vital signs are taken.

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