The nurse is determining diagnoses that would be appropriate for a patient with heart failure. Which diagnosis would have the highest priority for the patient?
A) Activity intolerance related to shortness of breath and fatigue
B) Ineffective health maintenance related to last mammogram being 2 years ago
C) Knowledge deficit related to lack of information regarding low-sodium diet
D) Anxiety related to hospitalization and inability to attend to home and work needs
A
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Which of the following best describes how people with mental illness are viewed by the general public?
a. Individuals in need of assistance b. Criminals who need to be institutionalized c. Lazy, weak, and immoral d. Contributing members of society
The client is scheduled for surgery tomorrow. The nurse begins what type of teaching?
1. Postoperative 2. Preoperative 3. Perioperative 4. Intraoperative
What cultural phenomena must be considered for the biopsychosocial differences between racial and ethnic groups that have susceptibility to disease and physiologic differences?
A) Space B) Social organization C) Environmental control D) Biologic variations
A leukemia patient is currently not responding to cyclophosphamide despite having favorable results with the drug in the past. The patient is most likely to have developed a problem in his ________.
A. hypothalamus B. kidneys C. liver D. pancreas