A nurse assessing a client finds a thyroid nodule that is hard, irregular, and painless. The nurse should suspect
a. exophthalmos.
b. goiter.
c. Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
d. thyroid cancer.
D
Clinical manifestations of thyroid cancers are a rapidly enlarging hard, irregular, painless nodule in an enlarged thyroid gland.
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Select all that apply. A) Inquire how many sexual partners she has had. B) Offer to use a rape evidence collection kit. C) Ask her if she has ever had a sexually transmitted infection. D) Assess for the presence of an intact hymen. E) Ask her if she led her boyfriend on in any way.
Which information obtained by the nurse about a 29-year-old patient with a lumbar vertebral compression fracture is most important to report to the health care provider?
a. Patient refuses to be turned due to back pain. b. Patient has been incontinent of urine and stool. c. Patient reports lumbar area tenderness to palpation. d. Patient frequently uses oral corticosteroids to treat asthma.
Which of the following herbs does not increase the activity of warfarin (Coumadin), an anticoagulant?
a. garlic b. ginger c. ginkgo d. St. John's wort
One of the main characteristics of phenothiazine antipsychotics is their ability to:
A. block serotonin 5HT2A receptors to a greater degree than dopamine D2 receptors. B. block cholinergic receptors to a greater degree than serotonin 5HT2A receptors. C. block histamine receptors to a greater degree than serotonin 5HT2A receptors. D. block dopamine D2 receptors to a greater degree than serotonin 5HT2A receptors.