Maria comes in with a complaint of having frequent seizures that do not last for more than a few seconds. Maria says that she would often stare into space or rapidly blink for a few seconds in office and then continue with her regular work as if nothing had happened. Maria is presenting symptoms of ________.
A. atonic seizures
B. absence seizures
C. tonic seizures
D. clonic seizures
Answer: B
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After contacting the patient's primary health care provider, which action should the nurse take next? a. Nothing; the patient was not injured. b. Call the ethics committee. c. Submit an incident report. d. Insist that the patient have a radiograph done.
A medication should be withheld when which is true?
a. The physician omits the trade name in the order. b. There has been a change in the patient's condition. c. The medication improves the patient's symptoms. d. The patient is asleep.
The nurse suspects that an adolescent patient from the inner city stereotypes other people. Which statement did the patient make that caused the nurse to come to this conclusion?
A) "Kids who study are just nerds.". B) "All people who live in the suburbs drive big cars.". C) "City people are smarter than those who live in the suburbs.". D) "I stay away from people who live downtown because they look funny.".
The nurse is interviewing the parents of a 4-month-old boy brought to the hospital emergency department. The infant is dead, and no attempt at resuscitation is made. The parents state that the baby was found in his crib with a blanket over his head, lying
a. Suffocation b. Child abuse c. Infantile apnea d. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)