The nurse determines that a client's edema of the lower extremities is most likely due to lymphedema based on which of the following?
A) Pitting edema
B) Ulceration of the skin
C) Areas of pigmentation
D) Bilaterally present
D
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A nurse is instructing parents about health and nutrition. She states that overweight children are more likely than normal-weight children to develop which disease process?
A) Glaucoma B) Migraine headache C) Scoliosis D) Diabetes mellitus
The nurse is collecting data from a client who is being seen at the ambulatory care clinic for a routine physical examination. While listening to the client's lungs, the nurse notes a small, indurated, scaled spot on the client's upper chest
The nurse records the findings. Based upon your knowledge, which of the following diagnoses most closely resembles the nurse's findings? A) Squamous cell carcinoma B) Basal cell carcinoma C) Malignant melanoma D) Actinic keratosis
The nurse is assessing a patient who is 3 months pregnant. Which breast changes would the nurse expect to assess in this patient?
A) Enlarged lymph nodes B) Slack, soft breast tissue C) Deeply fissured nipples D) Darkened breast areolae
The nurse is careful to place the incubator away from cold windows or air-conditioning units. This is to conserve the newborn's body heat by preventing heat loss through:
a. radiation. b. conduction. c. convection. d. evaporation.