What question should the nurse ask to obtain information as to the origin of acute diarrhea times 4 days?
A. "Have you traveled out of the country recently?"
B. "Are you taking any anti-inflammatory drugs?"
C. "Have you had a colonoscopy recently?"
D. "Do you have trouble swallowing?"
A
A history of travel may help pinpoint an infectious source of symptoms such as diarrhea.
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A) Establish rules and expectations B) Collaborate to determine consequence C) Make your responses consistent D) Explain the rules to the adolescent
A client with the sex-linked (X-linked) recessive form of muscular dystrophy asks what this means for his children. What is the nurse's best response?
A. "Only your sons are at risk for this form of muscular dystrophy." B. "None of your children will get the disease, but your daughters may pass it on to their sons." C. "Only children you conceived after you developed muscular dystrophy are at risk for developing this disease." D. "Your children are not at risk for getting the muscular dystrophy unless your wife also has the disease."
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a. Assessing for mother's ability to fulfill her own growth and development tasks b. Assessing for mother's knowledge about normal infant growth and development c. Assessing how much the teenage mother's own mother is helping her cope with child care d. Assessing whether the baby's father is being helpful to the mother