The nurse is aware that a key sign of a brain tumor is:
a. morning nausea.
b. difficulty reading.
c. headache that awakens patient.
d. increasing blood pressure.
C
A headache that awakens the patient is an early sign of a brain tumor. The other options are too nonspecific to be diagnostic.
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a. Smooth consistency of testicle b. Stomachache c. Breast enlargement d. Heavy feeling in the scrotum e. Enlarged blood vessels in scrotum f. Hematuria
The pharmacology instructor explains to the nursing students that drugs will have the least effect on the cell during what phase of the cell cycle?
A) G0 phase B) G1 phase C) S phase D) G2 phase
A nurse has been counseling a client with generalized anxiety disorder to increase the client's
anxiety self-control. The client has identified several stressful situations that cause physical and psychological manifestations of anxiety. The indicator the nurse should monitor relative to the Nursing Outcomes Classification outcome of anxiety self-control is a. plans coping strategies for stressful situations. b. identifies situations that precipitate hostility. c. refrains from destroying property. d. identifies alternatives to aggression.
The nurse is caring for a client who is taking warfarin sodium (Coumadin) for a history of DVT. Before administering the medication, the nurse should assess the client's
a. Homan's sign. b. PT, INR. c. PTT. d. vital signs.