1. Which statement best assists the nurse in planning care for the patient who is not adhering to the treatment regimen?
a.Patients‘ health attitudes directly affect behavior and therefore influence adherence.
b.Patients usually go to the hospital without preconceived ideas about what is wrong with them.
c.Most patients adhere to the advice of health care providers even if they do notbelieve that the treatment will work.
d.Noncompliance with prescribed treatment is irrational behavior.

2. Select the hospital patient who has the best chance of avoiding a hospital-acquired infection.
a.A 42-year-old patient who had abdominal surgery
b.A 35-year-old patient with a closed leg fracture
c.A 5-month-old non-breastfed infant
d.A 75-year-old patient receiving chemotherapy

3. The nurse is caring for a 19-year-old trauma patient paralyzed from the neck down. He is alert and oriented, requires assistance with ADLs, and keeps his spirits up with frequent visitors. A priority for the nurse is
a.rounding hourly to assess the patient‘s support system and acceptance of his condition.
b.feeding the patient to maintain his nutritional status.
c.ensuring the patient has constant stimuli through his friends because teenagers are peer-focused.
d.watching and preventing skin breakdown as a result of immobility.