The nurse suspects that a patient is experiencing a response to stress. By which route should the nurse expect hormone transport to be conducted in this stress response?
A. Portal
B. Nerve cell extension
C. Neuroendocrine
D. Paracrine
Answer: C
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To best facilitate a client's understanding of an electrophysiologic study, the nurse would explain that this study will
a. enable the physician to reproduce dysrhythmias and evaluate antidysrhythmic drugs. b. evaluate the relationship of the atrium to the ventricles during contractions. c. increase the understanding of the strength of the muscles in the ventricles. d. interrupt blood flow to coronary arteries and assess the heart's electrical system.
Identify the assessment found by a nurse on a client who is admitted with a possible accidental overdose of imipramine (Tofranil) that would require the most immediate intervention
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A nurse assessing a patient who has been noncompliant with the prescribed diabetic diet and exercise regimen should consider planning strategies to overcome patient use of:
a. denial. b. projection. c. dissociation. d. displacement.