A patient complains of shortness of breath and having to sleep on three pillows to breathe comfortably at night. During the nurse's examination,
what findings will suggest that the cause of this patient's dyspnea is due to heart disease rather than respiratory disease?
a. Increased anteroposterior diameter
b. Clubbing of the fingers
c. Bilateral peripheral edema
d. Increased tactile fremitus
ANS: C
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a. Ensure that the client has a full bladder. b. Plan approximately 15 minutes for the test. c. Have the client sit in a recliner with the head elevated 45 degrees. d. Apply electronic monitoring equipment to the client's abdomen. e. Instruct the client to press an event marker every time she feels fetal movement.
How does the integumentary system act as an early warning sign for developing health problems?
A) It is easily visible and its cells reproduce rapidly. B) The cells reproduce at a slow rate. C) Pain sensors signal disease in distant sites. D) Heat and cold receptors develop slowly.
The idea that health is the absence of disease is a predominant feature of the __________ model of health
a. adaptive b. clinical c. eudaemonistic d. role performance
Reducing the number of preventable childhood illnesses is a major national goal in Healthy People 2020. What will the school nurse teach families regarding immunizations in order to reach this goal?
1. A minor illness with a low-grade fever is a contraindication to receiving an immunization according to Healthy People 2020. 2. Vaccines should be given one at a time for optimum active immunity in the prevention of illness and disease. 3. Premature infants and low-birth-weight infants should receive half doses of vaccines for protection from communicable diseases. 4. It is important to maintain vaccination coverage for recommended vaccines in early childhood and to maintain them through kindergarten.