Identify a patient problem you have in you work setting. What formal structures are in place to help address the problem? What evidence (as in journals or professional sites) is there for addressing and investigating the problem? What barriers did you face in searching for evidence? What databases did you access for evidence and why? (be specific).

Stratified systems are: caste, slavery, class and estate. in your opinion which 2 stratified systems have the most in common. then discuss 2 systems you believe to be the least similar.

The nurse in a gynecology clinic is completing preoperative teaching for a patient scheduled for an abdominal hysterectomy next week. the patient states that she is currently taking 325 mg of aspirin daily for chronic joint pain, along with multivitamin. the patient has type 2 diabetes; she closely monitors her blood glucose levels. currently she is taking an oral hypoglycemic agent. the nurse advises her to ask the anesthesiologist whether she should take this medication the morning of surgery. q1. the nurse instructs the patient to stop taking the aspirin. what is the rationale for this action. q2. why is it important to assess the patient of use of herbal products prior to surgery. q3. the patient asks how surgery could affect her blood glucose; how should the nurse respond?

The number one condition that puts newborns at highest risk involves birth weight. a. true b. false