patient is diagnosed with bleeding into the cerebellum. The nurse would prepare this patient for which medical intervention?
1. Angioplasty
2. Immediate surgery to remove the blood from the cerebellum
3. Stent placement
4. Aggressive diuretic therapy to dehydrate cerebral tissues
Answer: 2
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a. "How easily do you adapt to new situations?" b. "What is your understanding of the current situation?" c. "Who or what has helped you through crisis situations in the past?" d. "How is this situation affecting your family?"
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A. Worldview and traditions transmitted by a group from generation to generation. B. Classification of people according to shared biological characteristics. C. Religious or racial characteristics of a group that set it apart from the larger society of which it is a part. D. Assumption of attitudes, values, and beliefs held by a particular cultural group that have been passed down from one generation to the next.
The Kefauver-Harris Amendment of 1962 was a response to the crisis (or near-crisis) p.336 regarding
2 A. Elixir Sulfanilamide B. the presence of bacteria in beef C. thalidomide D. the range of unsafe drugs that were available