Comprehensive: A client is scheduled for surgery and has pre-op labs drawn. Which result does the nurse recognize as a reason to possibly delay the surgical procedure?

Your client is discussing her upcoming surgery with her family. She asks what hormone is the cause of her problems resulting in acromegaly. The correct response by the nurse is an excess secretion of:

The client diagnosed with Diabetes Insipidus is given a new prescription for desmopressin acetate (DDAVP). The nurse teaches the client that this medication is given via what route?

The intravenous prescription is 3000 mL of 5% dextrose in water (D5W) to run over a 24-hour period.  The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL.  The nurse plans to adjust the flow rate to how many gtt/minute?

Which of the following was not mentioned as a condition that could affect the production of medical care?  

The true output of the healthcare sector is measured by the net change in ________________ produced by the medical care provided.  

Risk shifting is considered an output of the healthcare sector because it shifts the risk of loss from an illness from the individual to a(n) ______________  ____________________.  

If the expected age of death for a male is 75, then a 20-year-old man who dies is considered to have lost how many years of life?  

A widely used measure of health status is the ______ D index and can be used to measure one’s quality of life.  

The cash payment by a consumer or employer to an insurance company is called: