Which layer of skin responds with increased melanin when exposed to UV light?
A) Stratum basale
B) Stratum spinosum
C) Stratum granulosum
D) Stratum germinativum
A
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While working in a pediatric clinic, a young mother asks the nurse what is meant by the term development. The nurse explains the concepts of development by including which of the following?
1. When the infant learns to hold its head up, it is developing. 2. Tripling of the birth weight 3. Increased height 4. Teething at 6 months
A patient diagnosed with a terminal illness asks why the disease developed when others who have less healthy lifestyle habits enjoy good health. Which theory of disease causation should the nurse use when responding to this patient's enquiry?
1. Environment. 2. Divine intervention. 3. Single cause theory. 4. Multiple cause theory.
A patient and his wife are 2 years from retirement when he is diagnosed with lung cancer. Although with delayed childbearing, developmental stages can vary among families, which typical stage of family development is this couple likely experiencing?
a. Family launching young adults b. Postparental family c. Family with frail elderly d. Family with teenagers and young adults
A newly admitted patient diagnosed with heart failure has just been started on an angioten-sin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. He asks whether the drug will have a long-term effect on his general cardiovascular health
Which of the following responses from the nurse is most accurate? a. "ACE inhibitors have been found to greatly reduce mortality, especially if you have a cerebrovascular accident." b. "Suppression of angiotensin II seems to diminish over time, but ACE inhibitors also increase kinin release, which has a favorable effect on cardiac remodeling." c. "We don't know whether ACE inhibitors have a long-term effect; however, this drug will help manage your heart failure at this time." d. "No studies have demonstrated that ACE inhibitors have a long-term effect."