A patient who has been diagnosed with migraine headaches develops bruising and asks the nurse the reason for the bruising. Which of the following assessments indicate the patient could be having signs and symptoms of decreased platelet aggregation?
A) Medication history of taking feverfew
B) Medication history of taking chondroitin
C) Medication history of taking glucosamine
D) Medication history of taking celecoxib (Celebrex)
A
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Which patient would the perinatal nurse assess as being most at risk for maternal attachment problems?
A. 18 year-old married woman with a supportive family who lives nearby B. 20-year-old woman with remote history of chlamydia and gonorrhea C. 22-year-old alcoholic who has been sober for 10 years D. 52-year-old unemployed divorced woman who thought she was in menopause
The nurse is caring for an 11-year-old girl preparing to undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. Which of the following statements would best help prepare the girl for the test and decrease anxiety?
A) "You won't hear a sound if you wear your headphones." B) "The machine makes a very loud rattle; however, headphones will help." C) "There are a variety of loud sounds you will hear." D) "The MRI scanner sounds like a machine gun."
Wasting of the body seen in some chronic diseases such as AIDS, cancer, malaria, and tuberculosis is called:
1. Cachexia 2. Protein-calorie malnutrition 3. Kwashiorkor 4. Marasmus
When evaluating the results of any research project, it is important to remember that even if the results are statistically significant, they may not be ______________ significant
A) Practically B) Reliably C) Clinically D) Viably