A client is admitted to the medical intensive care unit with a diagnosis of myocardial infarction. The client's history indicates the infarction occurred ten hours ago. Which laboratory test result should the nurse expect this client to exhibit?

A) Elevated LDH.
B) Elevated serum amylase.
C) Elevated CK-MB.
D) Elevated hematocrit.


Answer: C) Elevated CK-MB.

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A master's student states, in her thesis,

that "despite public awareness programs to educate the public about the safety of pediatric immunizations, a staunch core of highly educated and well-informed parents continues to attribute the rise in childhood autism to vaccination. Because of this, recent efforts have been brought to bear in the qualitative arena, attempting to identify and isolate factoids and half-truths that perpetuate the myth. Nonetheless, mostly because belief structures appear bound by geography, not enough is known about reasons that some clusters of parents postpone or avoid vaccination." The quotation is an example of a ___________ and appears in the ____________ section of the research report. a. Objective, methods b. Purpose statement, introduction c. Problem statement, introduction d. Literature review, results

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Which statement by the nurse is true regarding sexual harassment?

a. "Sexual harassment no longer occurs in the workplace.". b. "Sexual harassment is only caused by men.". c. "The most common sexual harassment complaint is inappropriate remarks and touching.". d. "Nothing can be done to prove sexual ha-rassment.".

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The nurse is working as a volunteer on a health care team serving in a clinic in a village in a third world country. Several children come to the clinic in a mild or moderate state of dehydration

Which of the following solutions or liquids would be best for rehydrating the dehydrated children? a. Gatorade c. Pedialyte b. fruit juices d. athletic drinks

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