Heart valve damage resulting from acute rheumatic fever is a long-term sequelae resulting from infection with which of the following pathogens?
a. Coxsackievirus c. Francisella tularensis
b. Cytomegalovirus d. Group A streptococcus
D
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A) Increasing the nursing salaries and benefits B) Increasing the quality and amount of equipment C) Improving the quality of nursing staff supervision D) Improving nursing and medical staff relationships
The client, who has chronic conditions that increase the risk for dehydration, is going home. What intervention is most important to teach this client about identifying the onset of dehy-dration?
A. Measuring abdominal girth B. Converting ounces to milliliters C. Obtaining and charting accurate weight D. Selecting food items with high water content
Review of a patient's medical record reveals a diagnosis of anemic hypoxia. Which condition would the nurse suspect was the underlying cause of this diagnosis?
1. Reduced production of erythropoietin 2. Airway obstruction 3. Pneumonia 4. Right-to-left shunt in the heart
__________ are tick-borne protozoal parasites that can cause malaria-like illness
A. Plasmodia B. Babesiae C. Cryptosporidia D. None of the above