A 4-year-old child has leukemia but is now in remission. What does it mean to be in remission when one has a chronic illness?
A) The chronic disease has been cured.
B) Nothing further can be done in terms of treatment.
C) Severe symptoms of the chronic illness have reappeared.
D) The disease is present, but symptoms are not experienced.
D
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A) Pa02 of 90 B) A reddish-brown color of urine C) Urine output of >30 mL/hr D) Urine output of <20 mL/hr
A client was quite ill and the family was doing their best. After careful assessment and diagnosis, the home health nurse was setting priorities for care. Which of the following should be the basis for deciding which intervention to implement first?
a. Address the problem that is easiest to fix first so the client and family could see some success fairly quickly b. Address the most serious problem first for the client's long-term health c. Address the problem that is partly causing other problems first d. Address the problem that the client and family think should be addressed first
When a fetus presenting as a breech has both legs extended so that the feet are near the face, the nurse would expect to find which type of breech?
a. complete c. frank b. footling d. kneeling
If a meta-analysis involved integrating findings about the effects of an intervention on subsequent smoking status (smoked versus did not smoke), the appropriate effect size index would be d
A) True B) False