Which is the most likely pathologic process?
A 15-year-old high school sophomore comes to the clinic for evaluation of a 3-week history of sneezing; itchy, watery eyes; clear nasal discharge; ear pain; and nonproductive cough.
A) Infection
B) Inflammation
C) Allergic
D) Vascular
C) Allergic
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The nurse is acting as the triage nurse in the emergency department when a 16-year-old boy is brought in by his friends. The patient is in respiratory distress, he is vomiting, and blood is noted in the vomitus
He is somnolent and his electrocardiogram shows an arrhythmia. The boy's friends tell you he was taking a "bunch of little green pills" he got from the cupboard at his grandparent's house. The nurse suspects what? A) Overdose of sleeping pills B) Poisoning C) Anaphylactic shock D) Allergic reaction to Dyazide
Which of the following best explains why cancer rates increase as people get older?
a. Better prevention programs are available for cardiac disease, so cardiac disease rates are decreasing, making cancer rates increase. b. It is harder to screen for cancer than for other fatal diseases, so the rates are increasing because of the inability to detect the cancer at an early stage. c. Poor lifestyle choices, environmental exposures, and increased life expectancy have all caused cancer rates to increase. d. Other causes of death are decreasing, so it appears that cancer rates are increasing.
Which instruction by the nurse is inappropriate for teaching the proper technique for collection a sputum specimen?
a. Bring the sputum up from the lungs. b. Maintain adequate fluid intake. c. Collect specimens after meals. d. Notify the staff as soon as the specimen is collected so it can be sent to the laboratory without delay.
All of the following statements about tremor are true except
A. The most common tremor is the Parkinson tremor B. Most individuals with tremor do not seek medical attention C. Psychogenic tremor is uncommon D. Tremor is more prevalent in whites than blacks