If the nurse suspects that a patient has delirium, which of the following factors should be further investigated?
a. UTI
b. medications
c. oxygen saturation
d. all of the above
D
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risk for the development of a psychiatric disorder? a. Being raised by a depressed mother b. Regular prenatal care for the mother c. Developmental milestones achieved on schedule d. Marital harmony in the household
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A. Pull the auricle down and out B. Pull the auricle up and back C. First in the sequence of a physical examination D. Child should be lying in prone position
While completing the health history, the nurse learns that a patient often eats excessive amounts of food when alone and when not hungry, and has intense feelings of self-disgust afterwards
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The neurotransmitter common to both preganglionic nerve fibers in the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system is:
A. norepinephrine. B. serotonin. C. acetylcholine. D. epinephrine.