A student is working with a floor nurse who is admitting a new patient to the unit. The nurse asks the patient if he has traveled outside the United States in the past 12 months
The student knows that this information is part of what area of the comprehensive health history?
A) Activities
B) Present illness
C) Demographical data
D) History of illnesses
C
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A paramedic who is working in the emergency room has been having severe mood swings. The nurse manager meets with the paramedic in private and inquires as to the rationale for the mood swings
The manager learns the paramedic has been working in the field in addition to the ER. The manager suggests the paramedic take advantage of the organization?s employee assistance program. The manager suspects the paramedic is: 1. Suicidal. 2. Suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. 3. Not challenged. 4. Suffering from compassion fatigue.
A woman is aware that she is the carrier of a sex-linked recessive disease (hemophilia A); her husband is free of the disease. What frequency of this disease could she expect to see in her children?
A) All male children will inherit it. B) All female children will be carriers like she is. C) One-half of her male children will inherit the disease. D) One-half of her female children will inherit the disease.
The client has salicylate poisoning. Which assessment findings should the nurse expect to be associated with this problem?
A. Increased deep tendon reflexes B. Increased rate and depth of respiration C. Circumoral cyanosis and slow capillary refill D. Decreased intestinal motility and paralytic ileus