Explain the restriction of contact sports activity in patients with infectious mononucleosis
What will be an ideal response?
Normally, the spleen lies underneath the rib cage at the level of thoracic vertebrae 9 through 12 . When it is enlarged, as in infectious mononucleosis, the spleen extends below the ribs into the upper abdomen. Therefore, any contact sports that expose the upper abdomen to possible trauma may rupture the enlarged spleen.
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The nurse prepares to admit to the nursery a newborn whose mother had meconium-stained amniotic fluid. The nurse knows this newborn might require:
1. Initial resuscitation. 2. Vigorous stimulation at birth. 3. Phototherapy immediately. 4. An initial feeding of iron-enriched formula.
When explaining how a newborn adapts to extrauterine life, the nurse would describe which body systems as undergoing the most rapid changes?
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The nurse is caring for a client who has been under severe stress while caring for her elderly mother who is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer disease
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