The nurse suspects that a patient experienced a transmural myocardial infarction. What electrocardiogram finding did the nurse use to make this clinical decision?
A. ST segment elevation
B. ST segment depression
C. Q wave deepening
D. P wave inversion
Answer: C
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a. disenfranchised c. displaced b. delayed d. distorted
Based upon components of managing diabetes, which of the following patients will likely have the greatest success in maintaining tight glucose control of his type 1 diabetes?
A) A patient who skips breakfast when his morning finger-stick glucose reading is greater than 220 mg/dL B) A patient who never deviates from his prescribed dose of insulin C) A patient who adheres to a meal plan and meal schedule D) A patient who eliminates carbohydrates from his daily intake
A patient with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is not responding to infusions of fresh-frozen plasma and platelets. Which interventions might be indicated for this patient?
Select all that apply. 1. beginning heparin injections 2. beginning heparin infusion 3. administering factor VIII infusion 4. beginning normal saline infusion 5. preparing for a bone marrow biopsy
In a study investigating type 2 diabetic patients' ability to make lifestyle changes, the researcher randomly selects a sample from a list of all patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the United States
The researcher also selects the sample by randomly selecting patients diagnosed for 3 years or longer and those who are newly diagnosed. What sampling technique is used in this study? a. Cluster b. Quota c. Stratified random d. Systematic