A patient is scheduled for a bone scan. For which health problem should the nurse suspect this test is being used to diagnose?
A. A muscle mass near the bone
B. New onset pain in the area of the bone
C. Normal calcium level
D. Bone cancer
Answer: D
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A nurse obtains a client's health history at a community health clinic. Which statement alerts the nurse to provide health teaching to this client?
a. "I drink two glasses of red wine each week." b. "I take a lot of Tylenol for my arthritis pain." c. "I have a cousin who died of liver cancer." d. "I got a hepatitis vaccine before traveling."
Non-research-based evidence includes which of the following? Select all that apply
A) Unit culture B) Nurse's experience C) Qualitative studies D) Trial and error
Following the death of her youngest daughter, the patient is in an acute depression. The patient is on high-dose antidepressants and feels that the medicine is not helping her
She says to the nurse "I hurt so bad, why don't the drugs make the pain go away?" What would be the nurse's best response? A) "The antidepressants will only work if you are willing to help yourself, so you need to try harder." B) "Your sense of well-being will return in about a year when you forget about the death of your daughter." C) "The medications help balance chemicals in our bodies during periods of depression, but they do not fix the losses and stress that created the imbalance." D) "The key to the medication working is taking the medication correctly; are you taking it every day at the same time and dose?"
What is the nursing goal during the acute phase of a burn?
A) To ultimately prevent or control infection in the burn population B) To prevent hypervolemia in the burn population C) To manage pain in a proactive way for the patient's comfort D) To provide emotional support as the changes in body image become internalized in the patient