A patient believes that she is beginning menopause. For which manifestations should the nurse assess this patient?
Select all that apply.
1. increased body hair
2. vaginal dryness
3. hot flashes
4. night sweats
5. vaginitis
Correct Answer: 2, 3, 4, 5
As estrogen levels decline, various changes occur in the body, including a decrease in body hair, vaginal dryness, vaginitis, hot flashes, and night sweats.
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The nurse is aware of the risk of suicide and accidental overdose of medication are increasing among which of the following groups?
1. Adolescents and elderly people 2. Adolescents and young adults 3. Elderly and school-age children 4. Native American young adults and adolescents 5.
The nursing instructor has given an assignment to a group of nurse practitioner students
They are to break into groups of four and complete a health-promotion teaching project and present a report back to their fellow students. What project is the best example of health-promotion teaching? A) Demonstrating an injection technique to a patient for anticoagulant therapy B) Explaining the side effects of a medication to an adult patient C) Discussing the importance of preventing sexually transmitted disease to a group of 12th-grade students D) Instructing an adolescent patient about safe food preparation
A client suffers from claustrophobia, the fear of being in enclosed places. The nurse knows that the client may have difficulty with the following test:
A) CT scan B) ultrasonography C) x-ray imaging D) MRI
The most common cause of decreased variability of the fetal heart rate (FHR) lasting 30 minutes or less is:
1. altered cerebral blood flow. 2. fetal hypoxemia. 3. umbilical cord compression. 4. fetal sleep cycles.