A 20-year-old man has been admitted to the emergency department with a femoral fracture as a result of a motorcycle accident
When the nurse is taking the patient's history, he states, "I had leukemia when I was little kid but they managed to cure it." The nurse should suspect that this patient likely had what type of leukemia?
A) Acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL)
B) Chronic lymphoid leukemia (CLL)
C) Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
D) Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
A
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The nursing faculty would like to incorporate problem-based learning into the curriculum. Which action is essential?
1. Obtain funding for a simulation mannequin. 2. Write standardized scripts for volunteers who will portray clients. 3. Add more information to existing care plans as the study unfolds. 4. Assign client care debate topics to teams of three or four students.
When Rosalie is passing medications to one of her elderly patients, the patient tells Rosalie that she does not want to take the "new medicine" because she does not know what it is for and it makes her feel funny
Rosalie tells her that the doctor thinks it will make her feel better so it is best that she take it. Rosalie's response is an example of: a. patient empowerment. c. paternalistic behavior. b. holistic caring. d. patient teaching.
Prior to the surgeon's making an incision into a client, the client's skin is bathed with a bacteriostatic solution. The nurse realizes that this solution will:
1. sterilize the client's skin. 2. disinfect the client's skin. 3. sanitize the client's skin. 4. inhibit the number of bacteria on the client's skin.
When reviewing the history of unionization in America, a nurse would note that unions have been present in the United States since which time?
A) Early 1700s B) 1790s C) Late 1800s D) 1930s