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According to the Catholic Church, under what circumstance is withholding food for the comfort of the patient a morally correct action?
- A. Withholding a patient's access to nourishment is never a correct action
- B. When giving the patient food provides a small but distinct benefit
- C. When the patient is in excruciating pain
- D. When nourishment no longer provides benefit for the patient
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Catholic doctrine allows withholding if it offers no benefit, prioritizing comfort.
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You are preparing to administer a PRN medication for pain. After your assessment of the client for pain you open the narcotics cabinet with the special key. Your calculations indicate that the client will be getting $0.8 \mathrm{mLs}$ of the medication and the unit dose vial is $1 \mathrm{~mL}$. You discard the excess of $0.2 \mathrm{mLs}$ into the sink drain and enter the client's room. After you identify the client using two unique identifiers, the client refuses the medication. You then discard the $0.8 \mathrm{mLs}$ into the sink and document the client's refusal on the narcotics count record. What have you failed to do during this process?
- A. You have failed to have another nurse witness the $0.8 \mathrm{mLs}$ and the $0.2 \mathrm{mLs}$ of waste.
- B. You have failed to have another nurse witness the $0.8 \mathrm{mLs}$ of waste.
- C. You have failed to have another nurse witness the $0.2 \mathrm{mLs}$ of waste.
- D. You have failed ask another nurse to verify the calculation of the dosage.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Narcotic waste (A) requires a witness for both amounts.
Personality has components.
- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 4
- D. 5
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Personality is often described with three components: id, ego, and superego (Freud), or traits in other models.
When encountering patients with misconceptions regarding insulin therapy for diabetes, how should the physician respond?
- A. Agree with the patient about insulin
- B. Reject patients' misconceptions directly
- C. Assure patients that their fears are based more on superstition than fact
- D. Clarify the role of insulin by highlighting cause and effect
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Clarifying insulin's role corrects misconceptions effectively while educating the patient in an evidence-based manner.
The word crowding
- A. Has negative effects among elderly
- B. Is an intensify feeling
- C. Affects mainly females
- D. Depends only on physical density
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Crowding negatively impacts elderly well-being.
Patients from West Africa are most likely to be unfamiliar with what aspect of the U.S. health care system?
- A. Getting annual vaccinations
- B. Scheduling follow-up appointments
- C. Obtaining medications from a pharmacy
- D. Having a primary care physician
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The primary care model is less common in some West African systems.