The rehabilitation nurse recognizes that the majority of head injuries show no abnormal neurological findings and experience no loss of consciousness, which categorizes them as:
a. mild.
b. moderate.
c. severe.
d. catastrophic.
A
Mild brain injury is characterized by no loss of consciousness and no abnormal neurological findings.
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1. "How has your religion influenced your sexual values and behaviors?" 2. "What are the negative aspects of your own sexual functioning?" 3. "What are your partner's concerns about current or future sexual functioning?" 4. "What concerns do you have about your future sexual functioning?"
A client with hypothyroidism as a result of Hashimoto's thyroiditis asks the nurse how long she will have to take thyroid medication. Which is the nurse's best response?
a. "You will need to take the thyroid medi-cation until the goiter is completely gone." b. "Thyroiditis is cured with antibiotics. Then you won't need thyroid medication." c. "You'll need thyroid pills for life because your thyroid won't start working again." d. "When blood tests indicate normal thyroid function, you can stop the medication."
In which stage of wound healing does angiogenesis occur?
1. Proliferation 2. Inflammation 3. Remodeling 4. Maturation
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A. Explain the need to take the insulin. B. Document the refusal and continue on with the planned care. C. Check the patient's fasting serum glucose level. D. Contact the physician.