Which factors may increase a patient's risk of developing cancer of the pancreas?
a. Diet high in carbohydrates and dairy products
b. Cardiovascular disease and glaucoma
c. Tea and cola consumption
d. Cigarette smokers and people with diabetes mellitus
Question 2During a busy shift, a registered nurse directed an unlicensed care provider to change the dressing and perform wound care on an older adult client's surgical incision, an act that exists outside of the scope of the unlicensed care provider's scope
of practice. Which of the following statements best captures the legal context of this event? A) The unlicensed care provider is solely responsible for the inappropriate practice.
B) The nurse can be held liable for the actions of the unlicensed care provider.
C) Liability rests with the company that owns the healthcare facility.
D) In the absence of documented harm to the client, the action is legally permissible.
Question 3A 71-year-old man has been diagnosed with gout. Which of the nurse's following dietary recommendations is most likely to help control the man's symptoms?
A) You would benefit from changing to a vegetarian diet..
B) You need to integrate as many leafy, green vegetables as possible into your diet..
C) It's important that you avoid saturated fats like butter and tropical oils..
D) You should avoid alcohol as well as many kinds of meat and seafood..
Question 4The nurse explains that morphine contraindicated in the patient with pancreatitis because:
a. Demerol (meperidine) is less expensive.
b. Tylenol is more effective at managing this type of pain.
c. Morphine may cause spasms of the sphincter of Oddi.
d. These patients do not experience pain.
Question 5A patient with pancreatitis is NPO. The patient asks the nurse why he is unable to have anything by mouth. The best response would be
a. The reason you are unable to have anything by mouth is because the physician must examine you.
b. The pancreas is stimulated whenever you eat or drink and may aggravate your condition.
c. The pancreas is to be removed surgically. This is the reason you are unable to eat or drink.
d. The reason you are unable to have anything by mouth is because of diagnostic exams the physician might order.
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