The nurse differentiates for the family active and palliative care, in that active care is:
a. centered on symptom control.
b. focused on treatment for a cure.
c. not concerned with dying.
d. covered by health insurance.
Question 2
The nurse explains that vitamin K by injection is given to the newborn at risk for hemorrhage because:
a. most mothers have a vitamin K deficiency that develops during pregnancy.
b. bacteria that synthesize vitamin K are not present in newborns.
c. vitamin K prevents the synthesis of prothrombin.
d. the newborn does not store vitamin K.
Nursing care
Communication as active process
Teaching postoperative care
Patients of all socioeconomic backgrounds should be given equal care.
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