A 14-year-old boy is excessively small for his age. He has also failed to develop any secondary sex characteristics. After endocrine evaluation, the physician decides to institute hormone therapy to stimulate growth. Which of the following is the general category of drugs that would be ordered?
A. androgens
B. posterior pituitary hormones
C. adrenal hormones
D. corticosteroids
A. androgens
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Nurse H is providing care in the hospital for a 71-year-old male patient who is in the late stages of cancer and who has painful bone metastases. The client is non-responsive but groans and grimaces intermittently. Nurse H is drawing up a breakthrough dose of morphine for the patient, but Nurse R cautions that, "sure, that will address his pain, but it could depress his respiratory drive and actually kill him at this stage.". Which of the following ethical principles is Nurse R prioritizing?
A) Nonmaleficence B) Justice C) Beneficence D) Fidelity
Which of the following should be done with the information gained from conducting a nursing audit?
a. File the information. b. Send the information into the State Board of Nursing. c. Use the information for disciplinary actions. d. Create action plans according to the findings from the audit.
Which of the following are the major components of the adaptive leadership model?
a. Leader behaviors b. Complexity leadership c. Situational challenges d. Biological adaptations
HIV may be ________ for as many as 10 years before the onset of symptoms; therefore an infected person can infect another person without knowing it.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).