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A 43-year-old patient with terminal cancer is referred to hospice for support. How can hospice help the patient and his family?

The licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) notifies the registered nurse (RN) that a patient under hospice care is in respiratory distress. Which clinical manifestation supports this finding?  

A client has a boil that is located in the left axillary area and is elevated with a raised border and is filled with pus. How would the nurse document this type of lesion?  

After a laryngectomy, which of the following assessments takes priority?

A client diagnosed with terminal lung cancer slaps the medicine cup out the nurse’s hand and tells the nurse who is administering, “You’re useless. Why don’t you just leave me alone?”  Which of the following stages of grieving is the client experiencing?

The nurse is caring for a patient with lung cancer who reports chest pain, dyspnea, facial redness, and swollen neck veins. Which oncological emergency does the nurse suspect this patient is experiencing?  

Match the Trade name medication Humulin R with its generic name.

The nurse is concerned that a patient has a short time left to live. Which criterion is the nurse using that indicates a prognosis of 6 months or less to live? (Select all that apply.)  

Which is the best explanation to a patient by a nurse for why a health care provider does not prescribe antibiotics for influenza?

A patient is told that she has stage I tumor in situ (TIS).  Which of the following explanations of TIS by the nurse is best?