The nurse reviews for a group of schoolchildren some facts about Lyme disease, which include that: (Select all that apply.)
a. The disease is extremely communicable from person to person
b. The first signs are a painful red macule at the site of a tick bite
c. The most common host is the white-tailed deer
d. The causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, is transplacental
e. The disease can cause congenital anomalies
C, D, E
Lyme disease is not communicable from person to person. The first sign is a painless red macule from a tick bite from a white-tailed deer or white-footed rabbit. The causative organism is transplacental and can cause congenital anomalies.
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a. 20 to 21 weeks' gestation and fetal weight between 500 and 1000 g. b. 22 to 23 weeks' gestation and fetal weight between 1000 and 15,000 g. c. 23 to 24 weeks' gestation and fetal weight between 500 and 1000 g. d. 24 to 25 weeks' gestation and fetal weight between 500 and 1200 g.
The method of community data collection in which the nurse drives in a car or rides a bus to observe dimensions of a community's life and the environment is called
a. Informant interview b. Participation observation c. Secondary analysis d. Windshield survey
Common causes of falls are
a. throw rugs b. telephone and lamp at the bedside c. handrails d. nonskid shoes and slippers
When the nurse sees a diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis on the chart, the nurse knows this is a disorder of:
a. intravascular coagulation. b. iron overload. c. leukocytosis. d. granulocytosis.