The family of a patient with brain metastases who is not receiving treatment questions the nurse about the length of time the patient has to live
The nurse's best response is that patients with this condition generally have a mean survival time of:
A) 2 weeks
B) 1 month
C) 6 months
D) 1 year
Ans: B
Feedback: The median survival time for patients with no treatment for brain metastases is 1 month; with corticosteroid treatment alone it is 2 months. Radiation therapy extends the median survival to 3 to 6 months.
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a. The patient will become less combative. b. The patient will become angrier. c. The patient will become more depressed. d. The patient will wish to retire.
The points at which bones attach to each other are called joints or articulations. Synovial joints are classified according to their structure and range of movement
Based on this information, what is the range of movement for a ginglymus joint that a student nurse should include in client teaching about the various types of joints? A) Allows movement in only one plane B) Slides against each other C) Moves within a cup-shaped depression in the other bone D) Movement that can be shifted in several directions
In caring for a patient with burns to the back, the nurse knows that the patient is moving out of the emergent phase of burn injury when what happens?
a. Serum sodium and potassium increase b. Serum sodium and potassium decrease. c. Edema and arterial blood gases improve. d. Diuresis occurs and hematocrit decreases.
Catherine is a student nurse who volunteers twice a month in an inner city clinic. The young mother of an 8-month-old patient brought her daughter to the clinic after taking the little girl's temperature rectally and obtaining a reading of 100
4° F. The mother was concerned that her daughter might be ill. Which of the following is the best response from Catherine? A. "Babies usually run lower rather than higher temperatures when ill." B. "Because the temperature is low-grade, it is probably a viral infection.' C. "Rectal temperatures are higher than temperatures obtained in other sites." D. "Because the temperature is low-grade, it is probably a bacterial infection."