The nurse is caring for a patient who is scheduled fora liver biopsy. For which category of surgical procedures should the nurse plan care for this patient?
a. Curative
b. Palliative
c. Diagnostic
d. Preventive
ANS: C
Diagnostic surgery takes tissue samples for study to make a diagnosis. D. Preventive surgery removes tissue before it causes a problem. A. Curative surgery removes diseased or abnormal tissue. B. Palliative surgery alleviates symptoms.
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A) The client will have decreased pain. B) The client will remain alert and oriented. C) The client will have decreased edema. D) The client will have increased tissue perfusion.
When Janice, a patient, complains of chest pain and dizziness, Dr. Hendrick suspects that Janice is suffering from arrhythmia. Which of the following will help Dr. Hendrick confirm his suspicion?
A. An angiogram B. An encephalogram C. An electromyogram D. An electrocardiogram
Which of the following describes the difference between a medical diagnosis and a nursing diagnosis?
1. use of diagnostic reasoning 2. Nursing diagnoses focus on human responses to health problems. 3. Medical diagnoses focus on human responses to health problems. 4. Nursing diagnoses focus on assessment, identification, and labeling of the disease state.
A nurse is conducting a physical examination of an infant and observes the urethral opening on the dorsal side of the penis. The nurse documents this finding as which of the following?
A) Hypospadias B) Epispadias C) Varicocele D) Hydrocele