Which of the Following Trends Should Guide the LPN/LVN in Planning

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following trends should guide the LPN/LVN in planning for employment over the next 5 years? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Little change in numbers needed or in potential work sites is projected.
• B) The number of LPN/LVN positions available in hospitals will nearly double.
• C) Employment opportunities for LPN/LVNs will increase in long-term care settings due to the care needs of older adults.
• D) More LPN/LVNs will be needed to work in community-based settings.
• E) LPN/LVNs will provide care for larger numbers of terminally ill and acutely ill patients.

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Definitions:

LiAlH4

Lithium aluminium hydride, a powerful reducing agent widely employed in organic chemistry for reducing carbonyl compounds to alcohols.

Primary Alcohol

An alcohol with the hydroxyl group (-OH) attached to a carbon atom that is connected to only one other carbon atom.

Grignard-Based Synthesis

A method of forming carbon-carbon bonds by reacting Grignard reagents (organomagnesium compounds) with electrophiles, crucial in the formation of alcohols, carboxylic acids, and other functional groups.

Benzyl Bromide

An organic compound consisting of a benzene ring attached to a bromomethyl group, used as a chemical intermediate in synthesis.