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Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing, 3rd Edition Chapter 5 Sexual Transmitted Infections with complete solutions | Latest Update 2024 | Rated A+ bacterial vaginosis - genital/vulvovaginal candidiasis - is one of the most common causes of vaginal discharge gonorrhea - pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) - sexually transmitted infections (STI) - are infections of the reproductive tract caused by microorganisms transmitted through vaginal, anal, or oral sexual interc...

Disability Categories - ️️- Autism - Emotional disturbance - Hearing impairment - Intellectual disability - Multiple disabilities - Orthopedic impairment - Other health impairment - Specific learning disability - Speech or language impairment - Traumatic brain injury - Visual impairment (including blindness) - Deaf-blindness - Deafness Autism - ️️Developmental disability that significantly affects verbal and nonverbal communication and social interactions, generally eviden...

A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client following an upper gastrointestinal series with barium contrast. Which of the following information should the nurse provide? Increase fluid intake Rationale: Increasing fluid intake will help to prevent constipation. Therefore, the nurse should instruct the client to increase fluid intake to facilitate the elimination of the barium used during the test. A nurse is caring for a client who has hepatic encephalopathy that is being tr...

1. Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the brain and brain stem. a. Explain the function of the twelve cranial nerves I – Olfactory (Smell) Function: Sensory, carries impulses for sense and smell Sign of Dysfunction: Loss or disturbance in the sense of smell. II – Optic (Sight) Function: Sensory, carries impulses for vision Sign of Dysfunction: decreased visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, impaired color vision, and an afferent pupillary defect. (blindness) III – Oculom...

Consciousness : our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment. (p. 88) hypnosis : a social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another (the subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur. (pp. 88, 247) cognitive neuroscience : the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language). (pp. 9, 88) selective attention : focusing conscio...

True or False: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (formerly the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) was enacted to create consistency among states regarding educational safeguards and requirements for individuals with disabilities. - Answer-True (no federal statutes addressed educational funding, regulations, and protection until it was enacted) True or False Prior to the mid-1970s, education for students with disabilities was a privilege and not a right. - Answer-Tr...

How to assess Level of Consciousness? 1a. Deteremine if patient is alert, oriented x4 1b. The patient is asked the month and his/her age. The answer must be correct - there is no partial credit for being close. Aphasic and stuporous patients who do not comprehend the questions will score 2. It is important that only the initial answer be graded and that the examiner not "help" the patient with verbal or non-verbal cue. 1c. The patient is asked to open and close the eyes and then to gr...

A person is experiencing cough with fever takes a sick day to recuperate and declines whether to make an appointment with the doctor. This person is said to be in Stage 3 of illness behavior. -true or false - True What term is used to describe a person who cannot recognize his/her own values, beliefs and practices as well as others around them? -cultural blindness -acculturation -cultural imposition -stereotyping - Cultural Blindness A nurse is caring for a child admitted after motor ve...

In preparation for new antimicrobial stewardship regulatory requirements, a hospital is creating an antimicrobial stewardship committee. What should be the first step in supporting this new patient safety initiative? A. Reach out to subject matter experts to gain insight on different compliance issues. B. Work with information technology (IT) to build antibiotic indication and time-out screens. C. Partner with key stakeholders to perform a gap analysis of current state to ideal state. D. Rev...

Virginia Health Insurance Test Latest Update Graded A+ Absolute An assignment that occurs when the policy owner assigns all rights including cash values to another person or entity. Synonymous with voluntary assignment. Absolute Value A medical expense plan that pays a fixed maximum dollar amount for a procedure. Accelerated Benefit Rider Life insurance rider which allows the insured to receive a portion of the death benefit prior to death if the insured has a terminal illness. ...