Abdominal thrusts are not used for:
a. Very obese persons
b. Very tall persons
c. Persons with heart disease
d. Older persons
A
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A nurse is admitting a patient diagnosed with late-stage gastric cancer. The patient's family is distraught and angry that she was not diagnosed earlier in the course of her disease
What factor contributes to the fact that gastric cancer is often detected at a later stage? A) Gastric cancer does not cause signs or symptoms until metastasis has occurred. B) Adherence to screening recommendations for gastric cancer is exceptionally low. C) Early symptoms of gastric cancer are usually attributed to constipation. D) The early symptoms of gastric cancer are usually not alarming or highly unusual.
A patient has a chest tube inserted for a pneumothorax. What should the nurse expect when assessing the drainage system?
1. periodic bubbling in the water seal chamber immediately after insertion 2. no evidence of tidaling 3. vigorous bubbling in the suction control chamber 4. large amount of bloody drainage in the drainage collection chamber
Given the complications of human dynamics, it is important to remember that communication strategies that work well in one situation may not in another
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