A person has scheduled surgery to replace her left knee joint. This is:
a. Elective surgery
b. Scheduled surgery
c. Urgent surgery
d. Emergency surgery
A
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When providing an in-service to new staff nurses, the nurse educator discusses expectations concerning the acceptance of client cultural beliefs
Which statement by a participant indicates the need for further teaching? 1. "The acceptance of different cultural values is needed to provide quality nursing care." 2. "Cultural values may dictate my client assignments on the nursing unit." 3. "My own cultural values are irrelevant to the acceptance of the values of others." 4. "My knowledge of the cultural values of others will increase in time."
A nurse is teaching the importance of nutrition to a group of clients using geragogy. Which of the following clients is the nurse addressing?
A) Elderly people B) Pregnant women C) Infants D) Adults
Some of the indicators of endometriosis are:
a. hot flushes and night sweats. b. uterine prolapse and stress incontinence. c. pelvic pain and infertility. d. amenorrhoea and haematuria.
Which of the following is true of how is anemia caused?
A. Anemia may be caused by a deficiency in the amount of hemoglobin that occurs when the number of circulating red blood cells decreases. B. Anemia may be caused by a decrease in the production of RBCs, which reduces the amount of circulating hemoglobin. C. Anemia may be caused by excessive blood loss or by an increase in the destruction of red blood cells (RBCs). D. All of these statements are correct.