Which personal factor places a client at risk for bladder cancer?
a. Working in a lumber yard for 10 years
b. 50-pack-year cigarette smoking history
c. Numerous episodes of bacterial cystitis
d. History of sexually transmitted diseases
B
The greatest risk factor for bladder cancer is a long history of tobacco use. The other factors would not necessarily contribute to the development of this specific type of cancer.
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The most appropriate nursing diagnosis for a client who has a lot of phlegm with a hacking cough and wheezes throughout the lung fields would be:
1. ineffective airway clearance. 3. impaired gas exchange. 2. ineffective breathing pattern. 4. obstructive airway disease.
To assist the woman in regaining control of the urinary sphincter after bladder surgery, the nurse should teach the client to do which of the following?
A) Perform Kegel exercises daily. B) Void every hour while awake. C) Limit her intake of fluid. D) Take a laxative every night.
Peripheral neuropathy is most likely to be manifested by:
a. impaired memory. b. impaired abstract reasoning. c. impaired writing ability. d. hallucinations.
How we come to know the science of nursing and other disciplines that are used in nursing practice is described as
A. Empirical knowing. B. Personal knowing. C. Emancipatory knowing. D. Aesthetic knowing.