The wife of a patient tells the home health nurse that she suspects her husband has sleep apnea because he _________________________________. (Select all that apply.)
a. snores loudly.
b. interrupts snoring with several seconds of silence.
c. complains of daytime drowsiness.
d. frequently is incontinent of urine.
e. has episodes of myoclonus.
ANS: A, B, C
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a. Not allowing any visitors until engraftment b. Limiting the protein in the client's diet c. Placing the client in protective precautions d. Teaching visitors appropriate hand hygiene e. Telling visitors not to bring live flowers or plants
The nurse caring for a patient who was admitted with an infection in an abdominal wound is aware that the third mechanism of defense involves the T lymphocytes turning into cytotoxic T cell cells and attacking the pathogens
This is defined as the: A) Antibody immune response B) Phagocytic immune response C) Humoral response D) Cellular immune response
A statistically significant finding means that:
a. findings are clinically important and valuable. b. interventions should be used in clinical practice. c. obtained results are not likely to have been due to chance. d. results will be the same if the study is repeated with another sample.
When a valve in the heart does not close completely and the blood leaks back into the chamber from which it was pumped, this is called:
a. retrograde flow c. valvular incompe-tency b. reverse valvular flow d. regurgitation