The nurse identifies the pain described by a patient whose back discomfort began after an automobile accident and has persisted for 8 months as
A) Acute
B) Recurrent
C) Chronic
D) Malignant
Ans: C
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1. fugue. 2. amnesia. 3. an identity disorder. 4. depersonalization.
A patient has ST segment changes that support an acute inferior wall myocardial infarction. Which lead would be best for monitoring the patient?
a. I b. II c. V2 d. V6
Which of the following is most likely?
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Uncal herniation occurs when:
a. The hippocampal gyrus shifts from the middle fossa through the tentorial notch into the posterior fossa. b. The diencephalon shifts from the middle fossa straight downward through the tentorial notch into the posterior fossa. c. The cingulate gyrus shifts under the falx cerebri. d. A cerebellar tonsil shifts through the foramen magnum.