The American Hospital Association's 1972 document that outlines the patient's expectations to be treated with dignity and compassion is:
a. Code of Ethics.
b. Patient's Bill of Rights.
c. OBRA.
d. advance directives.
Question 2
Upon admission, the nurse notes that a patient has a billfold filled with cash. Because there is no family member present, the nurse suggests that the money be:
a. placed in a sealed envelope in the bedside table.
b. given to hospital security.
c. locked in the narcotic cupboard.
d. placed in the hospital safe.
American Hairless Terrier
The patient and his family meet with the nurse to discuss progress on the patient care plan.
In American Progress (1872), John Gast depicts a feminized (and eroticized) America moving westward,
A patient examination room should be simple and efficiently designed.
Walkers help the patient ambulate safely.
Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease.