A 23-year-old man comes to the urgent care clinic with intense left flank and lower left quadrant pain
A patient response to a history of present illness questions that further supports a tentative diagnosis of renal calculi is which of the following? a. "My urine has been a bright yellow.".
b. "I have had fever and chills for 2 days.".
c. "I also have a headache and neck ache.".
d. "My left testicle and shoulder hurt as well.".
D
Renal calculi present with hematuria, intermittent flank pain that radiates to the groin and genit-als, and a positive Kehr sign (pain radiating to the left shoulder).
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The nurse is preparing for placement of a nasogastric tube in a client and will use which type of technique for this procedure?
a. sterile c. medically aseptic b. clean d. surgically aseptic
What is bias sampling?
A) Elements are selected by nonrandom methods. B) Most readily available or convenient group of people for the sample. C) Referrals for potential participants are made by those already in the sample. D) Systematic over- or under-representation of an attribute vis-à-vis the population.
The nurse should expect to assess which causative agent in a child who has warts?
a. Bacteria c. Parasite b. Fungus d. Virus