While taking the health history, a Black Hispanic patient tells the nurse about having difficulty finding employment. The nurse realizes that which is a factor that causes income disparity within this segment of the population?
A. Shift to labor requiring higher technological skills
B. Increase in the real minimum wage potential
C. Increase in traditional labor skills for these groups
D. Shift of skilled jobs to unskilled labor
Answer: A
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A) Assess the patient's level of consciousness (LOC). B) Assess the patient's extremities for signs of cyanosis. C) Assess the patient's oxygen saturation level. D) Review the patient's hemoglobin, hematocrit, and red blood cell levels.
The nurse is reviewing the results of a patient's cardiac output curve and notes that the size of the curve is small. Which of the following does this finding indicate?
1. a low cardiac output 2. a poor injection technique 3. incorrect placement of the catheter 4. a high cardiac output
A 50-year-old male client asks the nurse what signs he should look for with prostate cancer. How would the nurse respond?
A) "An early sign of prostate cancer is blood in the urine." B) "An early sign of prostate cancer is swelling of the testicles." C) "Early cancer of the prostate does not usually produce symptoms." D) "The first sign of prostate cancer is frequent urinary tract infections."
On the first postpartum day, the nurse teaches a client about breastfeeding. Two hours later, the mother seems to remember very little of the teaching. What should the nurse identify as the reason for the client's memory lapse?
1. Epidural anesthesia 2. The taking-in phase 3. The taking-hold phase 4. Postpartum hemorrhage