Functions of the large intestine include - Precise Answer ✔✔Absorption
of water & feces storage
The basic functioning unit of the body - Precise Answer ✔✔A cell
Child or elder abuse - Precise Answer ✔✔Must be reported
Mom, Dad, sibling, grandparents & cousins are part of - Precise Answer
✔✔Extended Family
Each system of the body is composed of - Precise Answer ✔✔cells,
tissues, organs
Normal hormonal changes during adolescence may cause - Precise
Answer ✔✔Mood changes
PSW's role in the family may include - Precise Answer ✔✔Being alert
to situations that may add stress or harm to the family, Providing a safe
& secure environment, and Maintaining daily routines
,If the client has DNR order at the time of death, it means - Precise
Answer ✔✔No CPR will be initiated
The stiffness or rigidity of skeletal muscles after a client dies is known
as - Precise Answer ✔✔Rigor mortis
PSW can help the family of a dying client by - Precise Answer
✔✔Encouraging family members to give care
A living will - Precise Answer ✔✔Instructs Doctors not to start or
remove measures that prolong life
The client asks to see a priest at 2am.You would - Precise Answer
✔✔Report the client's request to the nurse immediately
By avoiding a dying client, the PSW violates their - Precise Answer
✔✔Right to be cared for
When a Palliative Care client appears to be very sad, cries a lot & says
very little then he/she is in the stage of - Precise Answer ✔✔Depression
In order to relax sore muscles, relieve joint pain & increase blood
circulation the PSW would - Precise Answer ✔✔Apply heat
A client is using O2 at bedtime only. The "No Smoking" sign is posted -
Precise Answer ✔✔Outside the apartment door
, You notice that a bottle of Amoxicillin Suspension has been sitting on
the kitchen counter since you arrived. The label reads "Shake Well" &
"Keep Refrigerated". The Best course of action would be to - Precise
Answer ✔✔Bring it to the client's attention & offer to put it in the
refrigerator
Medication supervision is not part of your role with Mr. Smith. He
remarks he has taken his BP meds for 2 months now & feel so much
better that he thinks he does not require the meds any longer. He also
mentions to you that he has stopped taking them. The best way to deal
with this situation is to - Precise Answer ✔✔Suggest to him that he
might like to talk to his DR
You are working in LTC. You notice that a resident has not swallowed
her pills & spits them out after the nurse has left. You should - Precise
Answer ✔✔tell the nurse who is administering the meds
While assisting with bath you notice a rash on the resident's back. You
know she has been on an antibiotic for 4 days now. The best course of
action is - Precise Answer ✔✔Report the rash immediately
Lack or absence of breathing is known as - Precise Answer ✔✔apnea
Rehabilitation focuses on - Precise Answer ✔✔whole person
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