Statistics have shown that elderly people living in central cities have a higher than average poverty rate than those living in more rural areas
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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_______________________ personality disorder is characterized by a profound defect in the ability to form personal relationships or to respond to others in any meaningful emotional way
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A patient with acute kidney injury (AKI) is prescribed furosemide (Lasix). The nurse realizes that this medication will be helpful to the patient because it will
1. reduce edema. 2. keep sodium in the body. 3. preserve protein. 4. be the gentlest diuretic to use.
Sinus bradycardia (rate 56 beats per minute) is identified in a sleeping patient on telemetry. Which is the priority nursing action?
1. Assess the patient's tolerance of the rhythm. 2. Call the physician and report this dysrhythmia. 3. Check the medication administration record and see if there is a PRN medication that will improve this rhythm. 4. Call for an immediate 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG).
The nurse is caring for a patient who says she is lesbian. The well-educated nurse will be aware that the patient:
1. Is at lesser risk for sexually transmitted diseases and cervical cancer than a heterosexual woman would be. 2. Is less likely to experience domestic violence than a heterosexual woman would be, and does not need to be asked about it. 3. Is at greater risk for breast cancer than a heterosexual woman would be. 4. Does not need to have a Pap smear as frequently as a heterosexual woman would.