The 27-year-old woman, who is not pregnant, has not had a menstrual period for 5 months. Which of the following practices, disorders, or historical information should the nurse explore as a possible factor in the amenorrhea?
A. The client's mother has type 2 diabetes mellitus.
B. The client runs 10 to 15 miles/day.
C. The client takes aspirin daily.
D. The client is a lesbian.
B
Excessive exercise with a corresponding loss of body fat is associated with insufficient estrogen levels for the maintenance of normal ovulatory and menstrual cycles.
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An operating room nurse is preparing a client for endotracheal intubation. The anesthesiologist has ordered an anticholinergic medication for this client. Which of the following is an action of this medication?
A) It promotes induction of anesthesia. B) It decreases gastric acidity and volume. C) It promotes sleep or conscious sedation. D) It decreases respiratory secretions.
A resident of an assisted-living facility was forced to call for help after she was unable to stand up from the toilet in her bathroom
The woman is embarrassed that she needed this assistance, and the nurse who oversees the facility knows that this situation was primarily due to the resident's rheumatoid arthritis. How should the nurse best respond to this resident's decreased mobility? A) Encourage the woman to keep a portable phone in her bathroom. B) Provide a cane for the woman to keep in her bathroom. C) Have grab bar installed in the woman's bathroom. D) Create a new exercise regimen for the woman to follow.
Find the total volume to administer: ________.Ordered: NS @ 21 gtt/min over 8 h via 10 gtt/mL tubing
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which viral sexually transmitted infection is characterized by a primary infection followed by recurrent episodes?
a. Herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2 b. Human papillomavirus (HPV) c. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) d. Cytomegalovirus (CMV)