List five factors that may cause seizures.
What will be an ideal response?
· Omitted antiseizure medication
· Drug overdose
· Head injury
· Degenerative brain disease
· Stroke
· Infectious disease
· Fever
· Tumors
· Hypoglycemic reaction
· Seizure disorder
· Unusual stress in an individual with seizure disorder
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a. absorption. b. filtration. c. diffusion. d. osmosis.
A detailed history and assessment of a 59-year-old male patient lead the nurse to suspect that the patient may have masked hypertension. A patient who has masked hypertension:
A) Lacks the characteristic risk factors associated with hypertension B) Has occasional "spikes" in blood pressure (BP) but lacks the high serial BP readings necessary for a diagnosis C) Tends to have normotensive BP during health assessments and high BP at other times D) Has signs and symptoms of hypertension but is unwilling to engage in the treatment process
Which of the following study types would require the largest sample size?
a. Correlational b. Experimental c. Grounded theory d. Phenomenology
Select the statement about play that is true:
a. Play is not important for children that are sick b. Play does not have any educational value c. Play provides entertainment only and has no developmental value d. Play provides a method for the nurse to establish rapport with a hospitalized child