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The nurse is assessing a male with a history of Addison's disease. The client has flu-like symptoms and nausea with vomiting over the past week. The client's spouse reports that he acted confused and was extremely weak when he awoke this morning. The client is febrile and has tachycardia. The health care provider diagnoses acute adrenal insufficiency. Which medication will most likely be prescribed? a. Hypertonic saline solution at 100 ml/hr until all edema disappears b. Hydrocortisone 100 mg ...

The nurse is teaching a client's caregiver how to cleanse around a wound drain. What is the besy way to explain the proper cleansing technique? - Ans - Start at the drain site, to avoid bringing skin bacteria toward the wound. A client with endometrial carcinoma is receiving brachytherapy and has radioactive Cesium (Cs) loaded in a vaginal applicator. What action should the nurse implement? - Ans - Wear a dosimeter film badge. Alupent administration- The usual single dose is two to three inha...

Aerobic respiration takes place in - Ans - the mitochondria and requires oxygen and glucose, and produces carbon dioxide, water, and energy. Anaerobic respiration also produces - Ans - energy and uses glucose, but it produces less energy and does not require oxygen. What part of the respiratory system is I the upper respiratory? - Ans - Bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveoli aerobic respiration happens in presence of - Ans - oxygen soft spot on baby head - Ans - fontanelle what do endocri...

Which of the following criteria differentiates a TIA from a stroke? A. focal symptoms B. Amnesia of incident C. Slowness of onset D. Absence of residual symptoms - ANSWER D. absence of residual symptoms A patient with macular degeneration has difficulty seeing objects: A. from a distance B. In the center of the visual field C. At reading distance D. In the peripheral fields - ANSWER B. In the center of the visual fields. Trigeminal neuralgia manifests itself primarily with: A. electric-shock-l...

salivary amylase - Ans - begins chemical breakdown of polysaccharides into simpler sugars lingual lipase - Ans - breaks down lipids mucin - Ans - a protein that helps to form a gel-like coating that lubricates the bolus of food parietal cells of stomach - Ans - secrete HCl and intrinsic factor for B12 absorption chief cells of the - Ans - secrete pepsinogen and gastric lipase pepsin - Ans - Enzyme that breaks down proteins into smaller polypeptide fragments, inactive form is pepsinogen muc...

Proprioceptors - Ans - within the inner ear, skeletal muscles, and joints provide information about movement, position, and equilibrium sensory (afferent) neurons - Ans - neurons of the PNS that carry incoming information from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord motor (efferent) neurons - Ans - Transmit nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to effector sites (muscles and glands) phasic receptors Ans - rapidly adapt to a constant stimulus and turn off, action potentials ...

A parent is researching types of sunscreens to use for his child to wear to swim lessons. Which of the following resources would be the most reliable for the parent to consult? - Ans - A review of sunscreens from a skin cancer research foundation Editor Wanted) Using the employment advertisement above, which of the following applicants could meet the requirements of this job? - Ans - a teacher who has taught for 4 years. high school football team arrives to practices one day to find that all o...

What are lipids? - Ans - carbon, hydrogen, oxygen. important for energy and storage (fatty acids) what are proteins? - Ans - carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur. amino acids linked by proteins What are nucleic acids? - Ans - carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phourous. store and transport genetic information mircoorganism - Ans - cannot be seen with the naked eye, tiny organism that requires the use of a microscope what is bacteria? - Ans - single celled organism that live in many en...

TRIPLE SCREEN shows low levels of MSAFP and estriol and elevated levels of hCG found in the maternal blood sample. What may this mean?] - Ans - Possible chromosomal defect TRIPLE SCREEN shows high levels of MSAFP and estriol in the blood sample after 15 weeks of gestation - Ans - Possible neural tube defect, not chromosomal defect Will there be traces of MSAFP, estriol, and hCG in the blood sample of a pt past 15 wks gestation? - Ans - Yes MSAFP, estriol, and hCG will be present Caring for an...

The nurse is conducting a home health visit of a client who delivered 3 weeks ago and is formula feeding the infant. Which observations should the nurse find most concerning? A. The client notes infant feeds every 2-3 hours and voids 5-6 times per day. B. The client is in pajama's and infant is freshly bathed. C. Used bottles are in the kitchen and infant is in a swing. D. The clients eyes are red from crying and infant is fussing in the crib. - Ans - The clients eyes are red from crying and i...