A client presents in the healthcare provider's office with complaints of headache and malaise. During the assessment, the nurse notes the client is experiencing severe pain when palpating behind the ears. Based on this data, which diagnosis does the nurse anticipate?
A. Chronic allergies.
B. Anemia.
C. Mastoiditis.
D. Sinusitis.
Answer: C
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The other asks, "Why would you want to be a psychiatric nurse? The only thing they do is talk. You'll lose all your skills." Select the best response. a. "Psychiatric nurses practice in safer environments than other specialties. Nurse-to-patient ratios must be better because of the nature of the patients' problems." b. "Psychiatric nurses use complex communication skills as well as critical thinking to solve multidimensional problems. I am challenged by those situations." c. "I think I will be good in the mental health field. I did not like clinical rotations in school, so I do not want to continue them after I graduate." d. "Psychiatric nurses do not have to deal with as much pain and suffering as medical-surgical nurses do. That appeals to me."
Which CHD results in increased pulmonary blood flow?
a. Ventricular septal defect b. Coarctation of the aorta c. Tetralogy of Fallot d. Pulmonary stenosis
Which patient statement indicates understanding of patient teaching regarding cancer diagnostic exams?
a. "I will have less scarring if my surgeon uses an incision to biopsy my breast." b. "My CEA level will be low if my pan-creatic cancer returns." c. "The doctor will monitor my ovarian cancer remission with the CA-125 test." d. "My colonoscopy results were great, so I won't need another one for 5 years."
The total volume of air that can be forcibly exhaled after a maximum inhalation is known as the:
a. tidal volume. b. total lung capacity. c. residual volume. d. vital capacity.