What chronic, progressive hereditary disease of the nervous system is characterized by progressive involuntary choreiform movement and progressive dementia?
a. Alzheimer's disease c. multiple sclerosis
b. Huntington's disease d. Parkinson's disease
B
Huntington's disease is a chronic, progressive hereditary disease of the nervous system. It is characterized by a progressive involuntary choreiform movement and progressive dementia.
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A. Delayed mother-infant bonding B. Difficulty in choosing an infant feeding method C. Increased risk of deep vein thrombosis D. Pain from the surgical incision and intestinal gas E. Slower initiation and pace of ambulation
The nurse has moved from another state and will begin a new job as a psychiatric nurse at an inpatient facility. To find the guidelines for practice in his new state, he would look at the state's
1. legal parameters. 2. medical statutes. 3. mental health laws. 4. nurse practice act.
The qualitative nurse researcher is expected to maintain which level of privacy to protect the participants in the study?
1. Confidentiality. 2. Anonymity. 3. Partial privacy. 4. There is no possibility of privacy in a qualitative study.
The nurse providing care for patients or residents must act on the knowledge that a basic right of a patient or a resident is to receive
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