The third-leading killer of young persons between ages 15 and 24 is:
1. Suicide
2. Automobile accidents
3. Cancer
4. Drug overdose
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Ninety percent of young persons who commit suicide have a mental or substance abuse disorder.
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A nurse practitioner documents as follows:
"Patient reports pain and tenderness over area of right ovary and a history of irregular menses." With which of the following diagnoses are these findings consistent? A) Ovarian cyst B) Salpingitis C) Pelvic inflammatory disease D) Ovarian cancer
The nurse is planning a health class about adolescent pregnancy for a group of 15-year-old boys. What information should be emphasized?
a. The best solution for pregnant adolescent couples is marriage. b. Fathering a child usually has little impact on the adolescent male. c. Adolescent fathers tend to complete less education than older fathers. d. An adolescent who fathers a child is legally required to support the mother of the child.
Which preoperative diagnostic tests would you expect to have been completed for Mrs Simanski?
Mrs Deidre Simanski is a 52-year-old woman who has consented for a laparoscopic hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for endometrial cancer. She presented at her GP with abnormal uterine bleeding and was subsequently referred to the gynaecological clinic for endometrial biopsy. She lives alone, works part-time in retail and has two grown children, both of whom live interstate with their families—she sees them every 3 months or so. Mrs Simanski smokes 35 cigarettes a day and has a BMI of 39. She also has type 2 diabetes and hypertension. What will be an ideal response?
During a physical examination of a client, the nurse observes lesions on the client's
hands, which are less than 0.5 cm in diameter with a well-defined border and elevated cavity filled with serous fluid. How should the nurse record this observation? A) Pustule B) Vesicle C) Papule D) Macule