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When evaluating the discharge teaching for a client with chronic peripheral arterial disease (PAD), the nurse determines a need for further teaching when the client makes which statement?

The nurse is working on a plan of care with her client which includes turning and positioning and adequate nutrition to help the client maintain intact skin integrity. The nurse helps the client to realize that this breaks the chain of infection by eliminating which element?

A client preparing for surgery has moderate anxiety and is unable to understand preoperative information. Which nursing intervention is most appropriate?  

Which client would the nurse identify as being at an increased risk for altered transport of oxygen?  

A nurse is assessing a client with hypokalemia and notes that the client’s handgrip strength has diminished since the previous assessment 1 hour ago. Which action should the nurse perform first?

In a(n) _____ plan, patients are able to see specialists without having to obtain referrals from another physician.

​The following health care model is a way of organizing primary care that emphasizes care coordination and communication to transform primary care into “what patients want it to be,” and leads to higher quality and lower costs and can improve patients’ and providers’ experience of care:

When records are reviewed by third-party payers, if a procedure is not documented, it:

Because a primary care physician (PCP) in an HMO makes referrals and approves additional care if needed, he or she is known as the:

Medicare pays ____ of the approved medical bill amount once the deductible is satisfied.