Which question would be most important to ask obtaining the nursing health history of a male client with extensive peripheral vascular disease?
A) "Do your parents have trouble with circulation?"
B) "When was your last prostate exam for cancer?"
C) "Have you experienced a change in your usual sexual activity?"
D) "Have you had an electrocardiogram recently?"
C
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Which of the following would be an important component of the assessment phase of the nursing process?
A) Comparing the patient's actual outcomes and expected outcomes B) Interviewing the patient's family and significant others C) Putting the plan of nursing care into action D) Identifying the etiology of the nursing problems
Which heart sound does closure of the atrioventricular (A-V) valves produce?
a. S1 c. S3 b. S2 d. S4
You are the clinic nurse caring for a patient who was just told he was cancer free at 5 years after diagnosis. The patient has been told he is a cancer survivor. What is cancer survivorship?
A) The period just after being pronounced cancer-free 5 years after being diagnosed B) The time during which the patient lives with an active diagnosis of cancer C) A phase of cancer care that comes after primary treatment and lasts until cancer recurrence or the end of life D) The end of cancer care
The nurse is teaching a client about blood pressure regulation. Which structure would the nurse include in this teaching session as the structure that regulates blood pressure on a minute-to-minute basis?
1. The liver 2. The kidney 3. The vasomotor center 4. The lungs