The caregiver of a 17-year-old boy reports that her normally active son has a temperature of 101° Fahrenheit, a sore throat, a headache, and seems completely exhausted. He has just had a nosebleed
The care provider sees the child and a diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis is made. The treatment most likely to be recommended for this child would include:
A) admission to the hospital for about 7 days.
B) a 10-day course of antibiotics.
C) a high-protein, high-fiber, low-fat diet.
D) increased fluids, bed rest, analgesics.
D
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A nursing instructor is teaching about the DSM-5 diagnosis of depersonalization-derealization disorder (D-DD). Which student statement indicates a need for further instruction?
1. "Clients with this disorder can experience emotional and/or physical numbing and a distorted sense of time." 2. "Clients with this disorder can experience unreality or detachment with respect to their surroundings." 3. "During the course of this disorder, individuals or objects are experienced as dreamlike, foggy, lifeless, or visually distorted." 4. "During the course of this disorder, the client is out of touch with reality and is impaired in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning."
Geriatrics is:
a. The study of the aging process b. Age-related farsightedness c. The care of aging people d. The physical changes that occur with ag-ing
A patient taking mycophenolate mofetil (CellCept) as prophylaxis for rejection of an allogenic heart develops fatigue, sweating, and a large neck mass. The patient must be immediately assessed for which complications? (Select all that apply.)
a. Thyroid disease b. Lymphoma c. Streptococcal pharyngitis d. Sepsis e. Lyme disease
The nurse explains that psychosocial theories differ from biologic theories in that psychosocial theories:
a. focus on methods to delay the aging process. b. are directed at decreasing depression in the older adult. c. are organized to enhance the perception of aging. d. attempt to explain responses to aging process.