The patient has been diagnosed with severe mitral valve stenosis. What physical changes would the nurse expect to find as a result of the stenosis?
A) Prolonged capillary refill
B) Normal left atrial and ventricular pressures
C) Clear lung sounds
D) Angina pectoris
A
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A 53-year-old woman is having her annual physical and tells the nurse she has not had a period for 7 months. She wants to know if she has undergone menopause. What response by the nurse is best?
A. "No, at your age, fluctuations in your menstrual cycle are normal findings." B. "No, menopause only begins in women after the age of 55." C. "Yes, not having a period for more than 6 months is diagnostic of menopause." D. "You have to go 1 year without a menstrual period to be sure that menopause has occurred."
A 13-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his parents because he has lost the use of his right upper extremity
After medical testing, the physician tells the parents that there is no neurologic reason that can be found for the client's loss of functioning. The parents ask the nurse to explain what this means. What would be the nurse's best response? A) "The actual conversion aspect of this disorder refers to the transfer of psychologic conflict or stressors into a perceived paralysis of body parts or sensory functioning." B) "This is not an unusual occurrence in an adolescent when there is trouble in the home." C) "Usually there are related stress or trauma factors that have occurred concurrently with the onset of the symptoms." D) "These types of disease processes are considered pseudoneurologic, or false neurologic."
The nurse is preparing a handout on sterilization methods. The handout should explain that a man who has had a vasectomy becomes functionally sterile because the sperm:
A. Are no longer being produced. B. Are no longer motile and fertile. C. Cannot reach the outside of the body. D. Cannot penetrate an ovum.
The HIPAA regulations
A. apply to paper and electronic information only. B. enable facilities to disclose patient information to only those employees with a need to know it. C. permit facilities to disclose patient information to all employees who have signed a release. D. make the physician responsible for the security of her patients' medical records.