A patient is admitted with a spinal cord injury located at the 4th thoracic vertebral area. When assessing this patient, the nurse will expect to find sensory deficits beginning at and below which anatomical area?
1. Anterior thigh
2. Nipple line
3. Umbilicus
4. Groin
Answer: 2
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a. communication c. listening b. hearing d. rapport
The spouse of a patient being cared for at home by hospice angrily tells the nurse, "Care provided by the aide is inadequate, so I must do everything myself. Why is this happening? Can't someone help?" The hospice nurse should:
a. provide teaching about anticipatory grieving. b. assign new hospice personnel to the case. c. refer the spouse for crisis intervention. d. arrange hospitalization for the patient.
Express the dosage using the official symbol/abbreviation: fifty-five milliequivalents
What will be an ideal response?
As HIV/AIDS progresses, clients' quality of life becomes more and more important. How can quality of life be greatly improved for an HIV/AIDS client?
A) By healing mouth sores C) By correcting malabsorption B) By improving a poor appetite D) By decreasing episodes of fever