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In Evaluating a Patient Outcome of "Identifies High-Protein Foods," the Nurse

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In evaluating a patient outcome of "identifies high-protein foods," the nurse knows that the outcome has been met when for lunch,the patient selects which of the following foods from the hospital menu?


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Lobotomy

A psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients. The procedure cut the nerves connecting the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain.

Egas Moniz

António Egas Moniz was a Portuguese neurologist and the developer of cerebral angiography, as well as a Nobel Laureate for his work on prefrontal leucotomy.

Surgical Procedure

A medical operation undertaken to repair, remove, or replace a part of the body, often involving incisions.

Psychosurgery

A branch of neurosurgery that involves severing or otherwise disabling areas of the brain to treat a personality disorder, behavior disorder, or other mental illnesses.

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