Which of the following would be most likely called a construct?
A) Gender
B) Body temperature
C) Uncertainty in illness
D) Blood type
C
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A patient arrives at the emergency department brought by his or her friends. The friends tell the nurse that the patient has taken a whole bottle of aspirin. Blood work for salicylate toxicity is run. What does the nurse expect the results to be?
A) >5 g B) >10 g C) >15 g D) >20 g
A client asks for a prescription for tadalafil (Cialis). What would be important for the nurse know prior to planning interventions for this client?
A) "Do you have diabetes mellitus?" B) "Do you take blood pressure medication?" C) "Do you have any sexually transmitted infections?" D) "Do you use nitroglycerine?"
The nurse is doing preconception counseling with a 28-year-old woman with no prior pregnancies. Which statement made by the patient indicates to the nurse that the patient has understood the teaching?
1. "I can continue to drink alcohol until I am diagnosed as pregnant." 2. "I need to stop drinking alcohol completely when I start trying to get pregnant." 3. "A beer once a week will not damage the fetus." 4. "I can drink alcohol while breastfeeding, since it doesn't pass into breast milk."
A nursing student comes to the university health center reporting a sore throat, malaise, and loss of appetite. The nurse assesses the student and determines she has large, white-yellow exudates in the back of the throat and a fever
The student is presenting with: A) an infectious disease B) a viral illness C) a throat mass D) mononucleosis