Why is subacute care called transitional care?
What will be an ideal response?
Because it is often a link between the acute care hospital and
home or a long-term continuing care facility.
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What study design allows study participants to serve as their own controls, allowing early trends in the data to emerge?
a. Cross-sectional b. Ex post facto c. Retrospective d. Longitudinal
The goals of treatment when prescribing for sexually transmitted infections include:
1. Treatment of infection 2. Prevention of disease spread 3. Prevention of long-term sequelae from the infection 4. All of the above
A client is diagnosed with a low serum calcium level. The nurse realizes that which hormone is released when serum calcium levels are low?
1. Calcitonin 2. Cortisol 3. Parathyroid hormone 4. Thyroxine
A woman is in labor. The fetus is in vertex position. When the patient's membranes rupture, the nurse sees that the amniotic fluid is meconium-stained. The nurse should immediately:
1. Change the patient's position in bed. 2. Notify the physician that birth is imminent. 3. Administer oxygen at 2 liters per minute. 4. Begin continuous fetal heart rate monitoring.