A mother tells you her 6-year-old has been biting his fingernails since he began first grade. After analyzing the cause of this as increased stress, the advice you would give his mother regarding this problem would be to
A) encourage the child to drink more milk for stronger nails.
B) distract the child by teaching him a new skill, such as whistling.
C) allow some time every day for the child to talk about new experiences.
D) allow the child to choose a reward for not biting his nails.
C
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A) The cells in small cell cancer of the lung are not large enough to visualize in surgery. B) Small cell lung cancer is self-limiting in many patients and surgery should be delayed. C) Patients with small cell lung cancer are not normally stable enough to survive surgery. D) Small cell cancer of the lung grows rapidly and metastasizes early and extensively.
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1. Placing the newborn away from air currents 2. Pre-warming the examination table 3. Drying the newborn thoroughly 4. Removing wet linens from the isolette
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1. Age, diet, hygiene, anatomic factors, and response to stress. 2. Climate, pollution, insects, drugs, and animals. 3. Public policy, population density, customs health services, and occupation. 4. Radiation, temperature, noise levels, viruses, and allergens. 5. Virulence, infectivity, immunogenicity, and life cycle.