At a home visit,the nurse asks the patient,"Have you taken your blood pressure medicine today?" The patient replies,"I don't remember.Maybe." On the table are several bottles of medication,some open,some not.They have all been prescribed for the patient.The patient cannot say how often to take each one,when asked.A compartmentalized medication organizer is on the table,with a few capsules in it,and some compartments left open.What should the nurse do?

A) Show the patient how to put the medications in the organizer for the next 2 days; observe while he fills the rest of the organizer.
B) Arrange for a home health aide to come each day to show the patient which pills to take.
C) Administer today's medications and arrange for the pharmacy to put medications in easy-to-open containers in the future.
D) Fill the organizer for each day of the week; explain how to use it; and return in a day or two to evaluate.

Which is an example of a procedure-inherent accident?

A) The patient suffered a burn due to a malfunctioning heating pad.
B) The patient suffered a tongue laceration during a grand mal seizure.
C) The nurse suffered a back injury when repositioning a heavy patient in bed.
D) The physician suffered a broken wrist after it was caught in the elevator door.

A child with growth hormone (GH) deficiency is receiving GH therapy. When is the best time for the GH to be administered?

A) At bedtime
B) After meals
C) Before meals
D) On arising in the morning

A troubled adolescent opened fire in a high school cafeteria, fatally shooting three people and injuring many others. Hundreds of parents come to the high school after hearing the news reports. After the police arrest the shooter, which action should occur next?

A) Ask the police to encircle the school campus with yellow tape to prevent parents from entering.
B) Announce over the loudspeakers, "The campus is now secure. Please return to your classrooms."
C) Require parents to pass through metal detectors and then allow them to look for their children in the school.
D) Designate zones according to the alphabet, and direct students to the zones based on their surnames to facilitate reuniting them with their parents.

Interventional radiology is done without:

A) needing a specialist.
B) radiation.
C) x-rays.
D) traditional surgery.

Which individual diagnosed with mental illness may need emergency or involuntary admission? The individual who

A) resumes using heroin while still taking naltrexone (ReVia) .
B) reports hearing angels playing harps during thunderstorms.
C) does not keep an outpatient appointment with the mental health nurse.
D) throws a heavy plate at a waiter at the direction of command hallucinations.

A patient with a respiratory infection asks the nurse why some antibiotics are prescribed to be taken every 12 hours and some have to be taken 4 times a day.What is the nurse's best response?

A) "The time between doses changes because any medication's half-life varies so much."
B) "We need to vary the times to keep the blood values fluctuating."
C) "We try to give the next dose of medication only after the last dose is gone."
D) "Regular doses are given based on the half-life to maintain a therapeutic plateau."