A young woman comes into the clinic for a routine check-up and to make sure she is healthy enough to become pregnant. Which vitamin is recommended to be increased for women who in-tend on becoming pregnant?
1. Pyridoxine hydrochloride
2. Folic acid
3. Pantothenic acid
4. Niacin
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Recent guidelines have emphasized the importance of increased folic acid intake by women in-tending to get pregnant.
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A patient states during the interview that she noticed a new lump in the shower a few days ago. It was on her left breast near her axilla. The nurse should plan to:
a. Palpate the lump first. b. Palpate the unaffected breast first. c. Avoid palpating the lump because it could be a cyst, which might rupture. d. Palpate the breast with the lump first but plan to palpate the axilla last.
A client has been diagnosed with a full-thickness burn injury to the hands and arms. Which of the following characteristics would the nurse expect to find? (Select all that apply.)
1. Blanches with fingertip pressure 2. Charred vessels visible under eschar 3. Many blisters that increase in size 4. Nerve endings dead 5. No edema 6. Very painful
The family of a client being treated for schizophrenia asks the nurse why the client's medication was changed to a new type just out on the market. Which responses by the nurse are appropriate?
Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. "The newer medications have fewer adverse effects." 2. "Many clients prefer the new medication." 3. "The newer medications cost less." 4. "The newer medications are easier to get from the pharmacy." 5. "The client's health care provider likes to try new medications."
The nurse's approach when introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler should be based on which principle?
a. The child may think the equipment is alive. b. The child is too young to understand what the equipment does. c. Explaining the equipment will only increase the child's fear. d. One brief explanation will be enough to reduce the child's fear.