The nurse is assessing an 80-year-old patient. The nurse correctly attributes the slowed knee jerk reflex with which age-related change?
a. Diminished brain cells
b. Degeneration of myelin sheath
c. Weakened muscles
d. Irritation of nerve roots
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A) Noninvasive monitoring systems B) Extracorporeal monitoring systems C) Direct pressure monitoring systems D) Partial pressure monitoring systems
Which statement made by the nurse is an example of stereotyping?
a. "Be sure to take your shoes off when entering a Japanese family's home." b. "Patients with type 1 diabetes do not make insulin; therefore, they will need to take insulin regularly." c. "The patient in room 3 cries every time she gets out of bed. She needs to understand that getting out of bed is helping her." d. "My 2-year-old child never had a temper tantrum. I don't understand why the 2-year-old child in room 4 is having one."
The nurses assessing a pregnant African-American in the first trimester understands that which of the following might be a cultural practice?
1. Use of herbs like dandelion during pregnancy to increase lactation 2. Drinking ginseng tea for dizziness 3. Eating clay to supply dietary minerals 4. Consulting a spiritual advisor to ensure a healthy pregnancy and birth
During a gynecologic examination of a sexually active adolescent girl, the primary care NP notes mucopurulent cervicitis. A culture is positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The NP should:
a. give a single dose of 2 g of oral azithromycin. b. administer benzathine penicillin G 2.4 million units intramuscularly. c. prescribe oral doxycycline 100 mg daily for 7 days. d. give intramuscular ceftriaxone and a single dose of 1 g of azithromycin.