What is apoptosis? What happens in the body when apoptosis mechanisms cease to function properly?
What will be an ideal response?
Pre-determined or programmed cell death. If apoptosis mechanisms cease to function properly, cells may continue to proliferate and accumulate in organs or tissues, causing diseases or tumors.
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In the Patient's Bill of Rights, there is a statement regarding the availability of the chart to the patient. What does it indicate regarding the patient's rights and the chart?
a. The patient has free access to the chart and may make and circulate copies of it to representing officers of the law b. The patient may review the chart and ask for explanations regarding the information therein c. The patient does not have access to the chart or the information therein d. The chart is available only to official officers of the court
The nurse is preparing to palpate the apical impulse in a thin patient. In relationship to the cardiac cycle, the nurse will feel the apical impulse at the onset of the:
A) First heart sound, lasting for only half of diastole B) First heart sound, lasting for only half of systole C) Second heart sound, lasting for only half of systole D) Second heart sound, lasting for only half of diastole
Various studies have examined the link between staffing mix and patient outcomes. Which best describes the most common finding associated with this research?
A) Inadequate numbers of RNs has little effect on patient outcomes. B) Mortality dropped with increased staffing numbers of nurse aides. C) Increased numbers of RNs in staffing mix led to improved patient outcomes. D) A decreased prevalence of infections was found with less staffing.
A new nurse who will be assessing a client who is receiving ECT asks her mentor, "What sort of memory impairment is present after several ECT treatments?" The best response for the mentor would be:
1. "It's hard to say. Treatment affects everyone differently." 2. "Usually the client has severe difficulty remembering remote events." 3. "Clients have mild difficulty remembering recent events like what was eaten for breakfast." 4. "Both recent and remote memory is affected, producing profound confusional states."