Food allergies in children can be both frightening and dangerous. Which food is most likely to cause an allergy in children?
A) Rice B) Soy C) Corn oil D) Tomatoes
B
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Ninety percent of food allergies are caused by milk, soy, eggs, peanuts, nuts (cashews, almonds), wheat, fish, and shellfish. Most people who have a food allergy are allergic to only one food.
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A severely burned patient and their care may affect the whole family. Which of the following nursing interventions can help provide support to the client and family during the recover period?
a. Answer the client's questions honestly. b. Accept the client's feelings and personal appearance. c. Provide discussion time with the family allowing time to participate and voice concerns. d. Encourage client to keep feelings to them-selves so as not to worry the family. e. Discuss role reversals with the family and client. f. Assist family in discharge planning. g. Help client and family to set reasonable expectations for the rehabilitation phase.
Values of individual institutions and organized health care systems that are explicitly communicated through philosophy and policy statements are called:
a. formal values. c. institutional values. b. overt values. d. covert values.
A nurse is teaching a patient who has congested lungs how to keep secretions thin and more easily coughed up and expectorated. What would be one self-care measure to teach?
A) Limit oral intake of fluids to less than 500 mL per day. B) Increase oral intake of fluids to 2 to 3 quarts per day. C) Maintain bedrest for at least 3 days. D) Take warm baths every night for a week.