The nursing is caring for a client who will be having artificial implants for breast reconstruction. The client is arriving at the physician's office for which procedure completed before the surgery can be done?
A) Incisional alignment
B) Tissue expansion
C) Fluid drainage
D) Pain control
B
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Before an implant for breast reconstruction can produce an optimum cosmetic appearance, the skin and tissue on the chest wall are expanded to provide a large enough space to fill and approximate the size of the remaining breast. The other options are not correct.
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The nurse is instructing an adolescent female on potential vaccinations available. Which vaccination would the nurse state that decreases the risk of cervical cancer?
A) Hepatitis B B) Human papilloma viral (HPV) C) Herpes zoster D) Meningococcal
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a. Meconium b. Transitional c. Miliaria d. Milk stool
The baseline can be established in a fetal heart rate tracing in which there is marked variability.
a. true b. false