The nurse is aware that the patient with which of the following conditions is at the greatest risk for hypertension?
A) Hyperproteinemia
B) Gallstones
C) Atherosclerosis
D) Asthma
Ans: C
Feedback: Dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus are risk factors for atherosclerotic heart disease, and hypertension often accompanies these risk factors.
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a. Frequent, serious respiratory infections b. Airway obstruction from aspiration of small objects c. Drowning in small amounts of water around the home d. Development of asthma
The nurse should instruct the lactating mother with mastitis about preventing future episodes by:
1. thoroughly emptying both breasts to prevent engorgement. 2. not breastfeeding the infant at night. 3. alternating breasts every 2 minutes during each feeding. 4. feeding the infant from only one breast during each feeding.
Which finding by the nurse when assessing a patient with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and a goiter will require the most immediate action?
a. New-onset changes in the patient's voice b. Apical pulse rate at rest 112 beats/minute c. Elevation in the patient's T3 and T4 levels d. Bruit audible bilaterally over the thyroid gland
All of the following are vital centers within the medulla oblongata except:
A. the respiratory center. B. the thermoregulatory center. C. the vasomotor center. D. the cardiac center.