A patient visits the clinic and tells the nurse about being under a great deal of stress on the job for the past month. Applying the factors that determine the stress response, which question would be most appropriate for the nurse to ask?
A) "What effect is the stress having on your job performance?"
B) "How would you describe the social network within your family?"
C) "What is the specific event that you find most stressful?"
D) "When did you first become aware of experiencing this stress?"
A
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1. 25,000 units/h, and the dose is within the normal daily range 2. 500,000 units/h, and the dose is higher than the normal daily range 3. 500 units/h, and the dose is lower than the normal daily range 4. 0.8 units/h, and the dose is lower than the normal daily range
Your pregnant patient is at 8 weeks' gestation and complains of pain that radiates from the wrist into the fingers in the right hand. She is a computer programmer and uses a keyboard daily for 6 hours or more. The clinician should:
A. Ask the person to place dorsal surfaces of hands together to check for Phalen's sign B. Teach the patient that carpal tunnel syndrome is common during pregnancy C. Tap the patient's right wrist to try to elicit tingling in the fingers for Tinel's sign D. All of the above
The nurse would suggest that the pregnant woman eat dry crackers before arising if the woman experiences which of the following?
1. Heartburn 2. Morning sickness 3. Pica 4. Leg cramps
The World Health Organization developed an indicator called the global burden of disease (GBD). The GBD tracks:
1. The number of cases of HIV/AIDS a country has 2. Losses from premature death and losses of healthy life that results from disability 3. The economic impact of disability on lesser-developed countries 4. The rate of disability in industrialized nations