COPD results from
A) acute infection in the lungs.
B) impaired gas exchange.
C) a response to stress.
D) a malignancy.
B
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A) Moderate muscle relaxation B) Loss of feeling in the lower abdomen C) Hypotension as anesthesia deepens D) Increase in the client's heart rate
The client presents to the walk-in clinic with fever, nuchal rigidity, and headache. Which of the following assessment findings would be most significant in the diagnosis of this client?
A) Change in level of consciousness B) Vomiting C) Vector bites D) Seizures
The nurse points out that the current view of health:
1. promotes the highest quality of life possible, mentally and socially. 2. includes mental, physical, social, and emotional adaptation to the environment. 3. includes the basic physiological needs and self-actualization. 4. relies on alternative therapies for treatment and cure of diseases.
A patient tells the nurse that he had chest pain into his left arm while moving a heavy trash can that lasted for about 10 seconds and stopped when he put the trash can down. This information would be included in which aspects of the PQRST assessment for chest pain?
1. P 2. Q 3. R 4. S 5. T