Since a prime nursing focus is to relieve suffering, nurses must understand that health care ...

Since a prime nursing focus is to relieve suffering, nurses must understand that health care technologies:
 
  a. are good because they always support a patient's health and well-being.
  b. may cause conflict between doing good and avoiding harm to patients.
  c. are necessary interventions even if they cause patients to suffer.
  d. may cause nurses to do harmful things to patients against their wishes.

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In assessing a patient's quality of life (QOL), the nurse needs to understand that QOL:
 
  a. is an objective measure of comfort and factors that make life worth living.
  b. is only considered good if the patient feels fulfilled and can be independent.
  c. generally means the same thing to most patients, families, and nurses.
  d. includes subjective ideas about conditions of life and functional ability.

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Law that defines a person's rights and obligations in relation to the government and describes the various divisions of government and their powers refers to:
 
  a. criminal law. c. common law.
  b. misdemeanors. d. public law.

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The nurse's primary obligation is to which of the following?
 
  a. The patient c. The physician
  b. The employer d. The profession