Which description of symptoms is characteristic of a client diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux)?
A) Tinnitus, vertigo, and hearing difficulties.
B) Sudden, stabbing, severe pain over the lip and chin.
C) Facial weakness and paralysis.
D) Difficulty in chewing, talking, and swallowing.
Answer: B) Sudden, stabbing, severe pain over the lip and chin.
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The school nurse is assessing adolescent females for scoliosis. Which area of the spine does the nurse plan to assess?
A. Lumbar.
B. Sacral.
C. Cervical.
D. Thoracic.
A director decides it is cost effective to implement a manager?s innovative scheduling matrix. Which of the following would the director likely request from the manager?
1. Review all policies to reflect the scheduling changes. 2. Report the changes to nursing administration. 3. Monitor and document the effects of the scheduling changes. 4. Remind staff of the scheduling changes.
A nurse is admitting a teen-aged woman to the Labor and Delivery unit to have her baby. She is not married but is holding hands with her boyfriend who is the baby's father. The nurse realizes that:
a. adolescent pregnancy is a decreasing concern in modern society. b. teenage pregnancies are little more than a temporary bump in the road of life. c. increased numbers of children mean greater income and a way out of poverty. d. teenage pregnancies affect teenage fathers as well as mothers.
Having a deficiency in the amount of amniotic fluid (<500 mL at term) is termed oligohydramnios and is associated with:
A) maternal diabetes C) neural tube defects B) placental insufficiency D) chromosomal deviations