A male client reports difficulty concentrating, outbursts of anger, and a feeling of being keyed up all the time and states that peer relations are poor. He then tells the nurse that the symptoms started after his best friend was killed in the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center. The nurse suspects that the client is experiencing which disorder?
A. Social phobia
B. Panic disorder
C. Post-traumatic stress disorder
D. Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Ans: C. Post-traumatic stress disorder
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The nurse is listening to the breath sounds of a patient with severe asthma. Air passing through narrowed bronchioles would produce which of these adventitious sounds?
a. Wheezes b. Bronchial sounds c. Bronchophony d. Whispered pectoriloquy
Glucagon, a hormone produced in the islets of Langerhans, controls production, storage, and release of
A) bile. B) glucose. C) cortisol. D) catecholamines.
When evaluating the effects of narcotic agonist-antagonists on a patient, what adverse effects would the nurse monitor for?
A) Hypertension B) Bleeding C) Suppressed bone marrow function D) Increased pulse pressure
A nurse is caring for a pregnant patient with active herpes. The teaching plan for this patient should include which of the following?
A) Babies delivered vaginally may become infected with the virus. B) Recommended treatment is excision of the herpes lesions. C) Pain generally does not occur with a herpes outbreak. D) Influenza-like symptoms may occur 1 week after the lesions appear.