Patients experiencing a chronic subdural hematoma may not present with symptoms for
A) 3 to 4 days.
B) 1 to 2 weeks.
C) 2 weeks to 4 months.
D) 6 months to 1 year.
C
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a. Weigh patient at the same time each day b. Schedule weighing immediately after breakfast c. Encourage patient to void before being weighed d. Ensure same amount of clothing is worn by patient e. Calibrate by setting scale at zero after each weight
Your trauma patient has no auscultated breath sounds in the right lung field. You can hear adequate sounds on the left side. A likely cause of this abnormality could be that the patient:
a. has a closed head injury. b. has fluid in the pleural space. c. is moaning and in severe pain. d. is receiving high-flow oxygen.
The perinatal nurse is assessing a woman in triage who is 34 + 3 weeks gestation in her first pregnancy. She is worried about having her baby "too soon" and she is experiencing uterine contractions every 10–15 minutes
The fetal heart rate is 136 beats per minute. A vaginal examination performed by the health care provider reveals that that the cervix is closed, long, and posterior. The most likely diagnosis would be: A) Preterm labor B) Term labor C) Back labor D) Braxton-Hicks contractions
Sleep is believed to be biologically regulated by which structure?
A) Hippocampus B) Hypothalamus C) Caudate nucleus and pineal glands D) Medulla