The nurse is assessing an adolescent patient who presents with acne. When teaching the patient why this occurs, which reason will the nurse provide?
1) Increased lipid levels
2) Increased sebum production
3) Increased cardiac output
4) Increased hemoglobin production
ANS: 2
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The nurse is working with the interdisciplinary team to care for a patient who has recently been diagnosed with severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID). What treatment is likely of most benefit to this patient?
A) Combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy B) Antibiotic therapy C) Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) D) Treatment with colony-stimulating factors (CSFs)
The nurse realizes that which of the following factors will probably shape reform of the health care delivery system?
a. Aging of the population b. Increased homogeneity of the population c. Decreased primary care initiatives d. Increased centralization of primary care
The nurse is performing CPR on an adult patient who has an endotracheal tube in place. At what rate does the nurse, who is alone, administer breaths?
a. 8 per minute b. 12 per minute c. 20 per minute d. 24 per minute
Which of the following is true of the various types of anemia?
A. In deficiency anemia, where there is a lack of iron or lack of copper, the RBCs are normocytic normochromic. B. In deficiency anemia, where there is a lack of iron or lack of copper, the RBCs are sickle-shaped microcytic. C. In deficiency anemia, where there is a lack of iron or lack of copper, the RBCs are microcytic hypochromic. D. None of these are correct.