The nurse cautions the patient with PVD that his continued smoking causes detrimental vasoconstriction for up to ____ after only one cigarette
1. 10 minutes
2. 20 minutes
3. 30 minutes
4. 1 hour
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Smoking restricts circulation by vasoconstriction and lasts up to 1 hour after a cigarette; it also causes vasospasm.
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A 75-year-old male client is seen at a primary care physician's office for a routine yearly checkup. Which finding as part of the checkup is suggestive of a pathological process involving the hematologic system?
A) hemoglobin: 15.0% B) WBC: 9000 C) splenomegaly D) pulse rate of 86 beats per minute
The prehospital nurse is screening several people injured in a store robbery. Of those injured, the nurse should encourage which one to seek additional care at the nearest emergency department?
1. Male in his mid-20s who had several light boxes of products fall on him while the robbers ran through the store 2. Teenage female who took cover under a shelving unit and sustained a scratch on her arm 3. Middle-age female who crouched down in a corner of the room and strained her knee 4. Elderly male who was briefly unconscious
Which data will the nurse monitor in relation to the 4+ pitting edema assessed in a patient with cirrhosis?
a. Hemoglobin b. Temperature c. Activity level d. Albumin level
A father brings his 3-year-old daughter to the cancer treatment center for a follow-up appointment. The previous rounds of chemotherapy were not successful in treating his daughter's cancer. The plan is to provide an allogeneic transplantation
The father verbalizes an understanding of the process when he states: 1. "An allogeneic transplant puts my daughter as the lowest risk for rejection.". 2. "I will need to get high doses of chemotherapy for the bone marrow to be appropriate for my daughter's body.". 3. "I will need to be in isolation after the donation procedure.". 4. "My daughter will need a transplant from her mother and myself to be successful in curing the disease.".