Patients need to be questioned about all pain sites because:
1. Patients tend to report the most severe or important in their perception.
2. Pain tolerance generally decreases with repeated exposure.
3. The reported pain site is usually the most important to treat.
4. Pain may be referred from a different site to the one reported.
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The client becomes tearful and asks how people "catch" this infection. Which of the following should be included in the teaching provided to the client? Select all that apply. 1. Pelvic inflammatory disease is associated with the use of intrauterine devices for contraception. 2. Bacterial infections may lead to pelvic inflammatory disease. 3. Pelvic inflammatory disease is associated with women who have a late age of menarche. 4. The disorder may have been transmitted by contact with articles belonging to an infected individual. 5. This disease has resulted from an untreated case of herpes simplex.
The antibiotic Biaxin can be used to treat the causative agent of ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following is an example of assertive communication?
a. "I wish you would stop making me angry." b. "I feel angry when you walk away when I'm talking." c. "You never listen to me when I'm talking." d. "You make me angry when you interrupt me."
Hold the temporal artery thermometer in place for one full minute.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)