When a proportion is written as fractions, you can ________ the numerators and denominators to determine if the proportion is true.
What will be an ideal response?
cross-multiply
cross multiply
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A client is diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. The nurse should instruct the client regarding signs and symptoms of which of the following?
1. Type 2 diabetes mellitus 2. Heart failure 3. Hypothyroidism 4. Renal failure
A nurse is providing administration instruction to the wife of a client going home on intermittent enteral nutrition. Which information should the nurse include?
1. "Clean the equipment between each feeding administration." 2. "Once mixed, enteral feeding should hang no more than 8 hours." 3. "Refrigerate any feeding that is not needed for a feeding." 4. "You may use plain tap water for scheduled tubing flushes." 5. "Check placement of the feeding tube before starting the feeding."
A client is rushed to the emergency department with what the physicians suspect to be necrosis of the urinary diversion stoma. What evidence presented by the client leads to this conclusion?
1. Black with sloughing 2. Moist stoma 3. Pink and shiny 4. Slight bleeding from stoma
The client reports that he has had a persistent cough for the past 6 years and that the cough disrupts his sleep and has not been helped by over-the-counter cough medicines. The nurse asks additional questions, including:
a. "So what do you think is causing this persistent cough?" b. "Why didn't you take care of this 6 years ago?" c. "Did you think this would just go away on its own?" d. "What other symptoms have you noticed related to this cough?"