The nurse is evaluating a new nursing graduate's ability to perform a rebound tenderness test for suspected appendicitis. The nurse determines correct technique when the new graduate is observed pressing deeply at which anatomic location?
A) Right upper quadrant
B) Left upper quadrant
C) Right lower quadrant
D) Left lower quadrant
C
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A nurse is discharging a patient and is planning on what material to give the patient to take home. What action by the nurse is best?
a. Assess the patient's ability to read and understand. b. Determine if the patient wants to take written material home. c. Give the patient the same material as other patients get. d. Ask the patient if he/she has a need for written material.
A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic angina. The patient is receiving ranolazine (Ranexa) 500 mg PO bid. Which of the following signs or symptoms would the nurse attribute to being a common adverse effect of this medication?
A) Diarrhea B) Dizziness C) Bradycardia D) Perspiring skin that is cold to the touch
Your client finds meaning for life through relationships, work, or secular humanism, without the notion of God. This person is a(n):
1. polytheist. 2. atheist. 3. agnostic. 4. monotheist.
Blacks are more likely than non-Hispanic White Americans to be diagnosed with cancer at a later stage and have a less optimal outcome after the diagnosis is made. Which of the following reasons help explain this difference?
a. Lack of access to, or utilization of, cancer screening b. Lack of health insurance c. Genetic variations d. Lack of resiliency against disease