A daycare worker presents to your office with jaundice. She denies IV drug use, blood transfusion, and travel and has not been sexually active for the past 10 months. Which type of hepatitis is most likely?
A) Hepatitis A
B) Hepatitis B
C) Hepatitis C
D) Hepatitis D
A) Hepatitis A
The lack of contact with blood and body fluids makes hepatitis B, C, and D unlikely. She regularly changes the diapers of her clients and is at risk for hepatitis A. Vaccine against hepatitis A is recommended for daycare workers.
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The nurse manager is examining factors contributing to the nursing shortage affecting her unit. Her unit is most likely feeling the effects of the nursing shortage for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) Increased age of the RN workforce B) Increased demand for RNs from competing employers C) Decreased hiring of foreign nurses D) Decreased job satisfactions of the RN workforce
An older patient comes to the emergency room with a black eye and is diagnosed with a broken right arm. What nursing assessment findings are indicative of potential physical abuse?
1. The patient is 65 years old and has no history of falls. 2. The client states "I fell on a shovel while clearing snow from a walkway." 3. The patient is confused about how they broke their arm and cannot recount events. 4. The patient is African American and states "I have broken many bones in my lifetime."
A nurse is assessing a client for pain. Which scales require the client to describe the nature and intensity of the pain to the nurse?
1 . FLACC scale 2 . Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale 3 . McGill-Melzack Pain Questionnaire 4 . Numerical scale 0 to 10 A) 1, 2 B) 1, 4 C) 2, 3 D) 3, 4
As relates to fetal positioning during labor, nurses should be aware that:
a. Position is a measure of the degree of descent of the presenting part of the fetus through the birth canal. b. Birth is imminent when the presenting part is at +4 to +5 cm below the spine. c. The largest transverse diameter of the presenting part is the suboccipitobregmatic diameter. d. Engagement is the term used to describe the beginning of labor.