What is the nurse's best means of determining whether a patient is immunized against a certain disease?
1. Ask the patient for records.
2. Look for vaccination scars.
3. Call the health department.
4. Obtain a blood titer.
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Occasionally, determining antibody blood titers before vaccine administration is helpful to assess antibody development.
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a. Light-sleep c. Quiet-alert b. Active-alert d. Awake-alert
The long-term care facility resident who has not worn his dentures for several months complains that the dentures no longer fit. Why do the dentures no longer fit?
a. The gums have hypertrophied. b. The gums have receded. c. The jaw shape has altered. d. The dentures have warped from disuse.
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A) Obesity B) Age C) Genetics D) Asthma
To look into the ear of a child younger than 3 years old, the nurse would position the ear by pulling the auricle:
a. down and out c. in and forward b. back and up d. in and backward