The nurse is doing an admission physical exam on an older adult. The client is concerned about his blood pressure. The nurse explains:
1. The heart gets smaller with age
2. The left ventricular chamber wall gets thinner
3. The arteries are less elastic, and less sensitive
4. The body's circulation responds quickly to postural or positional changes
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Rationale: The heart does not get smaller or atrophy with aging
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A patient has come to the physician's office after finding out that her blood glucose level was 135 mg/dL. She states that she had not eaten before the test and was told to come and see her physician. She asks the nurse if she has diabetes
What is the most accurate nursing response? a. "Having a fasting serum glucose that high certainly indicates diabetes." b. "That test indicates that we need to per-form more tests that are specific for di-abetes." c. "How do you feel? Do you have any other signs of diabetes?" d. "Do you have a family history of diabetes, stroke, or heart disease? We need to know before making a diagnosis."
The student nurse has studied that at any given time, about 50% of the 48 million Americans who suffer from severe and persistent mental illness:
A) Consider health care professionals as family. B) Live on a regular basis with their families. C) Have attacked family members. D) Do not have adequate family support.
A patient has been ordered to take Amoxicillin 500 mg every 12 hours. One bottle of the medication shown here would last the patient ________. 
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
A postpartum multipara is breastfeeding her new baby. The client states that she developed mastitis with her first child, and asks if there is something she can do to prevent mastitis this time. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?
1. "Massage your breasts on a daily basis, and if you find a hardened area, massage it toward the nipple to unblock that duct." 2. "Most first-time moms experience mastitis. It is really quite unusual for a woman having her second baby to get it again." 3. "Apply cold packs to any areas that feel thickened or firm in order to relieve the swelling and stasis of the milk in that area." 4. "Take your temperature once a day. This will help you to pick up the infection early, before it becomes severe."