A female patient is recovering from breast cancer surgery that included axillary node dissection. For which potential complication should the nurse plan teaching for this patient?
A. Anemia and bleeding
B. Lymphedema
C. Altered shoulder movement
D. Metastasis
Answer: B
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The __________ theory implies that aggressive and violent behaviors are learned through role modeling of other people
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The process based on an individual's biological growth, functional changes, and learning that applies to both physiologic and behavioral aspects of an individual is called:
a. adaptation c. growth b. development d. maturation
The nurse is caring for a client with congestive heart failure who is admitted to the medical-surgical unit with acute hypokalemia
Which medication on the client's medication administration record may have contributed to the client's current hypokalemic state? A) Demerol B) Cortisol C) Hydrochlorothiazide D) Skelaxin
A 31-year-old woman who is at high risk for diabetes is at 18 weeks' gestation. During her first antenatal visit, which is the accurate approach to evaluate the client for diabetes?
1. Conduct screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus as soon as possible. 2. Begin serial testing of the client's serum glucose and HA1c at 24 weeks' gestation. 3. If diabetes is diagnosed, consider this condition to be gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). 4. Recognize HA1c equal to or greater than 4.5% or a fasting plasma glucose level equal to or greater than 90 mg/dL as being diagnostic of diabetes.