What is the stomach's function in digestion?
a. It cuts, chops, and grinds food.
b. It pushes food through the GI tract.
c. It chemically breaks down food.
d. It stirs and churns food to break it down into small particles.
D
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A) Excess Fluid Volume B) Ineffective Breathing Pattern C) Risk for Infection D) Activity Intolerance
What are ethical principles that are illustrated by obtaining IRB approval? (Select all that apply.)
a. Respect b. Beneficence c. Trust d. Justice e. Anonymity f. Confidentiality
The nurse establishing teaching priorities for a community health program would rank cardiovascular disease as a cause of death as
a. first. b. fifth. c. seventh. d. tenth.
The nurse is caring for a 62-year-old African-American woman who has been placed on Coumadin. The nurse should expect the client's response to this medication to be:
a. greater than usual; she may respond exceptionally well to the medication. b. less than usual; she will probably have a decreased therapeutic effect. c. greater than usual; she should be monitored closely for bleeding irregularities. d. less than usual; she will tend to experience a hypersensitivity reaction.