According to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, CRNAs are some of the highest paid nursing specialists, making an average annual salary of $168,500 in 2008. In a recent report by Merritt Hawkins & Associates, a physician recruiting and consulting firm in the US, CRNAs are offered an average base salary of $189,000 compared to [...]

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Answer B. Immunizing an infant is an example of primary prevention, which aims to prevent health problems. Administering digoxin to treat heart failure and obtaining a smear for a screening test are examples for secondary prevention, which promotes early detection and treatment of disease. Using occupational therapy to help a patient cope with [...]

1.    Which intervention is an example of primary prevention?
a.    Administering digoxin (Lanoxicaps) to a patient with heart failure
b.    Administering a measles, mumps, and rubella immunization to an infant
c.    Obtaining a Papanicolaou smear to screen for cervical cancer
d.    Using occupational therapy to help a patient cope with arthritis
2.    The nurse in charge is assessing a patient’s [...]

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Answer B. Sensory deficits could cause a geriatric patient to have difficulty retaining knowledge about prescribed medications. Decreased plasma drug levels do not alter the patient’s knowledge about the drug. A lack of family support may affect compliance, not knowledge retention. Toilette syndrome is unrelated to knowledge retention.
Answer C. The nurse should systematically assess [...]

1.    Nurse Brenda is teaching a patient about a newly prescribed drug. What could cause a geriatric patient to have difficulty retaining knowledge about prescribed medications?
a.    Decreased plasma drug levels
b.    Sensory deficits
c.    Lack of family support
d.    History of Tourette syndrome
2.    When examining a patient with abdominal pain the nurse in charge should assess:
a.    Any quadrant [...]

The new Florence Nightingale Museum will reopen on May 12 in time to celebrate the centenary of Florence Nightingale’s death in 2010.
Designed by Kossmann de Jong, the new museum will tell Florence’s story in three pavilions that each represent a key period in her life: The Gilded Cage and Family, The Crimea, and The [...]