Which factors in a health history place a patient at risk for hearing loss? Choose all that apply
1) Being an older adult
2) Childhood chickenpox
3) Frequent otitis media
4) Diabetes mellitus
ANS: 1, 3
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Every time the nurse enters the room of a postpartum client who gave birth three hours ago, the client asks something else about her birth experience. The nurse would:
1. Answer questions quickly and try to divert her attention to other subjects. 2. Review documentation of the birth experience and discuss it with her. 3. Contact the physician to warn him the client might want to file a lawsuit due to her preoccupation with her birth experience. 4. Submit a referral to Social Services because you are concerned about obsessive behavior.
You are studying the rheumatic disorders. You should know that one rheumatic disorder has as its diagnostic test a skin biopsy. Which disorder is it?
A) Polymyositis B) Polymyalgia rheumatica C) Psoriatic arthritis D) Scleroderma
If a researcher unobtrusively observes interactions among patients in a psychiatric hospital for the purposes of data collection, which human right may be violated?
a. Confidentiality b. Freedom from harm c. Justice d. Self-determination
When an aide asks why carcinomas rarely occur in childhood, how should the nurse respond? (select all that apply)
a. Carcinomas cannot develop in an immu-nosuppressed environment. b. Carcinomas need a long time from expo-sure to occurrence. c. Carcinomas are due to environmental ex-posures. d. Carcinomas occur primarily in secondary sexual organs. e. Carcinomas are mesodermal.