The presence of a fishy odor after adding potassium hydroxide to a wet mount slide containing vaginal mucus suggests:
a. bacterial vaginosis.
b. yeast infection.
c. chlamydial infection.
d. pregnancy.
A
A positive whiff test suggests bacterial vaginosis.
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a. "After delivery your doctor will prescribe oral hypoglycemic medication to control your disease. Pills are so much simpler than insulin injections." b. "Have you considered an insulin pump?" c. "After a while those insulin injections won't seem so bad." d. "It will most likely resolve 6 weeks or so after the baby is born."
A new mother calls the clinic and tells the nurse her toddler has a temperature of 102ºF. How does the nurse explain why the mother should not be alarmed?
A) "A fever is the body's way of fighting an infection and supporting the body's immune system." B) "Neutrophils release pyrogen, a fever-causing substance, which helps act as a catalyst for the body's inflammatory and immune responses." C) "Leukotrienes activated by arachidonic acid attract neutrophils to start the process of fighting inflammation." D) "Inflammation causes the activation of a chemical called Hageman factor that initiates a process to bring more blood to the injured area and allows white blood cells to escape into the tissues."
_______________________ are planned strategies based on scientific rationale and devised by the nurse to assist the patient in meeting the patient outcomes
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