What is pulse pressure?
What will be an ideal response?
the difference between the diastolic and systolic pressures
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a. 2.6 g b. 4 g c. 2.7 g d. 1.1 g
You are the nurse caring for an elderly patient with cardiovascular disease. The patient comes to the clinic with a suspected respiratory infection and is diagnosed with pneumonia
As the nurse, what do you know about the altered responses of older adults? A) Treatments for older adults need to be rapid and less intense than treatments used in the younger population. B) The altered responses of older adults reinforce the need for the nurse to monitor all body systems to ascertain signs of impending systemic complication. C) The altered responses of older adults define the nursing interactions with the patient. D) Older adults become hypersensitive to antibiotic treatments for infectious-disease states.
The school nurse is caring for a 7-year-old child who has demonstrated a significantly lower-than-average score for mental age on standardized tests in reading. However, the child's IQ scores were within the average range
The nurse interprets this information as suggesting which of the following? A) Communication disorder B) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder C) Asperger syndrome D) Dyslexia
Adolescents who terminate their pregnancies by abortion are more likely to:
1. Be African American than Caucasian 2. Come from a family of higher socioeconomic status 3. Be unsuccessful in school 4. Less likely to complete high school