The newborn tries to maintain an adequate body temperature by producing as much heat as is lost. If a baby is wet or left in damp clothes or blankets, the nurse recognizes that the infant will most likely lose heat by which mechanism?
A) Conduction
B) Convection
C) Radiation
D) Evaporation
D
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Which patient is most appropriate for a nurse to refer to home health care?
a. A married man with a laundry room on the first floor b. A single woman with a bedroom in a rooming house c. A student living in a college dormitory but going home to stay with parents d. A woman staying with her daughter and son-in-law at their one-story home
Which of the following patients does the nurse recognize as being at highest risk for a benign bone tumor?
A) A 42-year-old postmenopausal woman B) An 85-year-old man C) A 13-year-old child D) A 35-year-old pregnant woman
A 9-year-old with sickle cell disease is being discharged from the hospital following a sickle cell crisis. The pediatric nurse preparing to discharge the patient provides the following information for his parents
Select all answers that apply. A) The patient will be on antihypertensive medications to prevent another crisis. B) The patient will be prescribed pain medication to take in the event of a crisis. C) The patient will be on prophylactic penicillin to prevent overwhelming sepsis. D) The patient will be on supplemental folic acid to help red blood cell production.
The nurse discusses some of the parental challenges a child with a cleft palate will bring to the parents, such as: (Select all that apply.)
a. Irregular tooth eruption b. Delayed speech c. Frequent illnesses or hospitalizations d. Delayed ambulation e. Feeding difficulties