The nurse is teaching a group of students about myelinization in a child. Which statement indicates that the teaching was successful?
A) Myelinization is completed by 4 years of age.
B) The process occurs in a head-to-toe fashion.
C) The speed of nerve impulses slows as myelinization occurs.
D) Nerve impulses become less specific in focus with myelinization.
B
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During admission to the facility, the nurse will look at factors that reduce the body's immune system. The 48 year old executive with diabetes would demonstrate which of the following risk factors? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Age 2. Stressors 3. Nutrition 4. Medications 5. Chronic diseases
Why does the nurse instruct an 11-year-old diabetic child to use the side of the finger for blood testing?
a. It has fewer capillaries. b. It is easier to puncture. c. It is less likely to become infected. d. It has fewer nerve endings.
A first-time dad is concerned that his 3-day-old daughter's skin looks "yellow." In the nurse's explanation of physiologic jaundice, which of the following points should be included?
a. Physiologic jaundice occurs during the first 24 hours of life. b. Physiologic jaundice is caused by blood incompatibilities between the mother and infant blood types. c. The bilirubin levels of physiologic jaundice peak at 5 to 6 mg/dl between the second and fourth days of life. d. This condition is also known as "breast milk jaundice."
In some cases, patients will use drugs to treat the disturbing symptoms of psychiatric disease. This presents a problem, because there is the potential to:
1. cause a mixed drug reaction, which may have the effect of heightening both drug effects. 2. decrease psychiatric symptoms, which makes the condition harder to treat. 3. cause an accidental overdose by mixing alcohol with anxiolytic medications, an-tipsychotic medications, or antidepressant agents. 4. cause an increase in psychiatric symptoms, because the psychiatric drugs become less effective in the presence of alcohol.