Which patient would be at greatest risk of encountering the exhaustion phase of the general adaptation syndrome?
a. A patient who is scheduled for knee replacement surgery
b. A patient who has high self-efficacy and has recently accepted a job promotion
c. A patient who has had elective rhinoplasty to correct a prominent hump in the bridge of the nose
d. A person who has severe osteoarthritis and was admitted to a nursing home after the death of a caretaker spouse 2 months ago
D
The exhaustion phase of the general adaptation syndrome often is associated with loss. The patient with osteoarthritis has lost a spouse and the ability to live at home.
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a. Bile b. Pepsin c. Gastrin d. Hydrochloric acid
A client's chorionic villus sampling (CVS) reveals mosaicism, but amniocentesis does not. How should the nurse evaluate these results?
1. An error in analyzing the results must have occurred because these two events cannot exist simultaneously. 2. The client has a condition called anaphase lag. 3. The client has a condition called confined placental mosaicism (CPM). 4. Mosaicism is present in the fetus, but not in the placenta.
An adolescent client tells a nurse that he or she occasionally "sniffs airplane glue." When discussing the effects of long-term use of inhalants, which of the following would the nurse most likely include?
A) Tremors and central nervous system arousal B) Enhanced normal heart rhythms C) Enhanced attention on focus and memory D) Brain damage and cognitive abnormalities
A male client is diagnosed as having a bowel tumor and several diagnostic tests are prescribed. The nurse understands that which test will confirm the diagnosis of malignancy?
A. Biopsy of the tumor B. Abdominal ultrasound C. Magnetic resonance imaging D. Computerized tomography scan