A patient who sustained a head injury in a motor vehicle accident has damage to the temporal lobe. This injury places the patient at risk for which type of hearing loss?
a. Otosclerosis
b. Conduction deafness
c. Presbycusis
d. Central deafness
ANS: D
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A) To determine how many living relatives the patient has B) To identify the family's level of health literacy C) To identify potential sources of social support D) To identify diseases that may be genetic
After teaching a group of nursing students about antihistamines, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as less sedating? Select all that apply
A) Loratadine (Claritin) B) Fexofenadine (Allegra) C) Cetirizine (Zyrtec) D) Brompheniramine (Lodrane) E) Clemastine (Tavist)
A medical-surgical nurse works with a patient diagnosed with a somatic symptom disorder. Care planning is facilitated by understanding that the patient will probably:
a. readily seek psychiatric counseling. b. be resistant to accepting psychiatric help. c. attend psychotherapy sessions without encouragement. d. be eager to discover the true reasons for physical symptoms.
A negative contraction stress test is one in which:
a. No contractions are seen b. There are late decelerations with > 50% of the contractions seen c. There are no fetal heart rate late decelerations with the contractions d. There is one fetal heart rate deceleration seen