In a patient with acromegaly, the nurse will expect to discover which assessment findings?
a. Heavy, flattened facial features
b. Growth retardation and a delayed onset of puberty
c. Overgrowth of bone in the face, head, hands, and feet
d. Increased height and weight and delayed sexual development
ANS: C
Excessive secretions of growth hormone in adulthood after normal completion of body growth causes an overgrowth of the bones in the face, head, hands, and feet but no change in height.
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1. "Osteopathy is a hands-on therapy that focuses on the health and function of the spine and other body structures and their effect on health; naturopathy stimulates the body's ability to heal itself by giving very small doses of highly diluted substances that, in larger doses, would produce symptoms or illness." 2. "Osteopathy aims to support the body's inherent ability to maintain and restore health, and prefers to use treatment approaches considered to be the least invasive; naturopathy is a system of medicine that emphasizes the relationship between structure and function of the body." 3. "Osteopathy is a system of medicine that emphasizes the relationship between structure and function of the body; naturopathy aims to support the body's inherent ability to maintain and restore health, and prefers to use treatment approaches considered to be the least invasive." 4. "Osteopathy stimulates the body's ability to heal itself by giving very small doses of highly diluted substances that, in larger doses, would produce symptoms or illness; naturopathy is a hands-on therapy that focuses on the health and function of the spine and other body structures and their effect on health."
The nurse's approach when introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who seems afraid should be based on which principle?
a. The child may think the equipment is alive. b. Explaining the equipment will only increase the child's fear. c. One brief explanation will be enough to reduce the child's fear. d. The child is too young to understand what the equipment does.
What is the correct term for the difference between the apical pulse and the radial pulse?
a. Pulse pressure b. Pulse deficit c. Pulse ratio d. Pulse quality
A male patient visits the infertility clinic for the results of his comprehensive exam. The exam indicated oligospermia. The patient asks the nurse which procedure would assist him and his wife to conceive
The nurse's best response is: Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. "You might want to consider adoption." 2. "An option you might consider is in vitro fertilization." 3. "Surrogacy might be your best option." 4. "Many couples utilize therapeutic husband insemination." 5. "The GIFT procedure has had much success."