A client is admitted to the emergency department after an automobile accident and
complains of a stiff neck. What vertebrae ensures that the head can turn freely?
A) Atlas
B) Axis
C) Sacrum
D) Coccyx
B
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The nurse is caring for a 39-year-old woman with a family history of breast cancer. She requested a breast tumor marking test and the results have come back positive
As a result, the patient is requesting a bilateral mastectomy. This surgery is an example of what type of oncologic surgery? A) Salvage surgery B) Palliative surgery C) Prophylactic surgery D) Reconstructive surgery
In assessing IADLs, the nurse will ask questions about all but which of the following patient activities?
a. cooking b. shopping c. using the phone d. bathing
The nurse is interviewing a female client who reports no menstrual periods for 2 months and breast soreness. The nurse would document this data as which classification of signs of pregnancy?
1. Objective 2. Probable 3. Presumptive 4. Positive
What nursing intervention is most appropriate in promoting normalization in a school-age child with a chronic illness?
a. Give the child as much control as possible. b. Ask the child's peer to make the child feel normal. c. Convince the child that nothing is wrong with him or her. d. Explain to parents that family rules for the child do not need to be the same as for healthy siblings.