A 15-year-old is seen at a health care facility for facial acne. When counseling him, you would teach him that the basic cause of his acne is
A) lack of showering adequately after gym class.
B) activation of androgen hormones.
C) vitamin deficiency from an inadequate diet.
D) thyroid-gland secretions increasing with adolescence.
B
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a. Prenatal care b. Labor and delivery services c. Classes for new mothers d. Adoption referrals e. Family planning
The population nurse case manager is preparing a case management plan for a client. What should the nurse remember about this type of plan when creating it for the client?
1. It is generic. 2. It is static. 3. It is time-limited. 4. It is outcomes-based.
A client who has been taking high-dose corticosteroid therapy for 1 month to treat a severe inflammatory condition, which has now resolved, asks the nurse why she needs to continue tak-ing corticosteroids. Which is the nurse's best response?
a. "It is possible for the inflammation to re-cur if you stop the drugs." b. "Once you start corticosteroids, you have to be weaned off them." c. "You must decrease the dose slowly so your hormones will begin to work again." d. "The drug suppresses your immune sys-tem, which needs to be built back up."
Which diagnostic test should the nurse question if prescribed for a client with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)?
1. RPR (rapid plasma reagin) 2. Throat culture for streptococcus A 3. Vaginal culture for Neisseria gonorrhoeae 4. CBC (complete blood count) with differential