Upon assessment, the nurse notes the patient has an enlarged thyroid. Which action is most appropriate?
1) Document this as a normal finding
2) Prepare the patient for the diagnosis of cancer
3) Notify the healthcare provider
4) Further assess for tenderness and nodules
ANS: 4
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Which of the following would be an effective time management strategy regarding care of the nursing student's children?
1. Let the spouse care for the children. 2. Hire a teen-age babysitter for before and after school. 3. Have backup plans for child care. 4. Have the oldest child care for the younger children.
The nurse is performing auscultation of breath sounds on a respiratory patient. The sounds heard on inspiration and expiration are low-pitched, coarse, gurgling, and have a snoring sound. These are identified as:
a. crackles. b. plural friction rub. c. rhonchi. d. sonorous wheezes.
A client with tuberculosis has been on drug therapy for several months, but his sputum is still positive for tuberculosis bacilli. It would be most important for the nurse to ask:?
1. "When did you last take your medications?" 2. "Have you taken all of your medicines as prescribed?" 3. "Are you feeling better now that you are taking medicine?" 4. "Have you had any reaction to your medications?"
The student nurse studying the anatomy of the musculoskeletal system understands that bones are classified by their size and shape. The nurse learns that the pelvis is a(n):
A) flat bone. B) long bone. C) short bone. D) irregular bone.