The student learns that the cause of molluscum contagiosum is which of these?
a. Bacteria
b. Virus
c. Fungi
d. Rickettsia
Ans: b. Virus
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A. Impaired Adjustment related to depression B. Self-care Deficit related to spinal cord injury C. Impaired Physical Mobility related to paraplegia D. Impaired Urinary Elimination related to neurogenic bladder
An older adult woman who stops using complementary alternative medicine (CAM) becomes disoriented and is given a diagnosis of dementia
The family is upset with the family physician and the CAM practitioner for not diagnosing the condition earlier. Which CAM may have interfered with early detection of the dementia? a. Large doses of calcium caused cerebral plaques to form, thereby disguising atrophy of the brain. b. Excess doses of folic acid masked a vitamin B12 deficiency that led to dementia. c. Hypnotherapy focused on current pleasant thoughts, eliminating clues to the past. d. The electrical current from magnetic fields interfered with normal brain waves, resulting in confusion and inability to concentrate.
Choose the nursing intervention that is most appropriate in providing care to a 28-year-old mother of two children who is in the terminal stages of ovarian cancer but is still able to commu-nicate
a. Instruct her in the benefits and risks of new experimental cancer treatments. b. Give her as much opportunity as possible for control over her care. c. Allow her to verbalize her regrets and shortcomings of her life. d. Limit the number of visits by her children to two per day.
The nurse is providing instruction about ipratropium (Atrovent) to a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Which is a common adverse effect that tends to resolve with therapy?
a. Anxiety b. Dry mouth c. Tachycardia d. Urine retention