Hepatitis C is particularly dangerous for which of the following reasons?
a. The infected person may have cancer.
b. Signs and symptoms of liver disease and damage may not appear for many years.
c. Infected persons without symptoms can have heart attacks.
d. Contaminated water can affect many peo-ple.
B
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What are reasons that a pediatric nurse should stress that health promotion activities must be ongoing? (Select all that apply.)
a. To identify health risks b. To encourage healthy behavior c. To strengthen family bonds d. To improve nutrition e. To prevent accidents
When performing a pain assessment on a client who is aphasic, the nurse should consider:
a. reports from the family or staff at the nursing home about changes in functional status. b. that the patient is lying quietly in bed so she is not likely to be experiencing pain. c. that the patient's previous stroke inter-rupted pain pathways so she does not feel pain. d. that older adults do not tolerate opioid analgesics well and may exhibit side ef-fects.
The nurse is teaching a group of adolescents about care for acne vulgaris. The nurse should include (Select all that apply.)
1. wash skin with mild soap and watertwice a day. 2. use astringents and vigorousscrubbing. 3. avoid picking or squeezing thelesions. 4. apply tretinoin (Retin-A) liberally. 5. avoid sun exposure if on tetracycline.
The nurse is caring for a 79-year-old male who underwent a gastrectomy 1 month ago. The nurse recognizes that this patient is at the greatest risk for which type of anemia?
a. Aplastic anemia b. Pernicious anemia c. Iron deficiency anemia d. Nutritional anemia