Which assessment finding is suggestive of a torn meniscus in the client with a knee injury?
A. A positive McMurray test
B. A positive Blumberg's sign
C. A positive Murphy's sign
D. A positive Cullen's test
A
A client with a torn meniscus may have a positive McMurray test. A clicking sound is heard or palpated when the examiner flexes and rotates the client's knee while pressing on the medial as-pect and slowly extending the leg.
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a. Following a vegetarian diet b. Taking daily brisk walks c. Ingesting 1,500 mL of fluid per day d. Smoking cessation when the diagnosis was received
Which of the following is true regarding the clinical use of computers?
a. It can be a useful substitute for critical thinking. b. It can remind us about unrecognized pos-sibilities in diagnosis. c. It helps protect against breached confi-dentiality. d. It allows for the detection of human sub-tleties.
After a disaster, one citizen was most impressed with how much his neighbors went out of their way to help rescue him and take him to the emergency shelter. Why did his neighbors probably help him?
A. Because of fear that he would sue them if they did not help him B. In hope that, because he is very wealthy, he may give a reward for their help C. Part of the pattern of behavior during the heroic phase of reaction to a disaster D. What any American would expect of a neighbor today
A health-promotion activity that the nurse can suggest to a healthy 20-year-old is
A) Aerobic exercise three times per week B) Monthly breast self-examination C) Weekly blood-pressure screening D) Intake of a diet high in fat