General anesthetics are used to
A) block pain reception in the brain.
B) prevent pain messages from reaching the spinal cord.
C) block pain from the nerve endings in the skin.
D) prevent pain messages from being sent to the medulla.
A
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To identify manifestations of rejection following kidney transplant, the nurse would instruct a client going home to monitor for
a. fatigue. b. hypothermia. c. recurrent nausea. d. weight gain.
You are starting a relationship with Mr. Owens, the patient your psychiatric nursing instructor assigned to you. After you introduce yourself and spend approximately 20 minutes talking to Mr
Owens, you make arrangements to visit with him again after lunch. After lunch, your classmates invite you to go to the gym with them and a group of patients to play volleyball. You start to go with them, but then you remember that you are supposed to be meeting with Mr. Owens. You tell your friends you're going to stay behind and talk to your patient. Your decision to keep your promise to Mr. Owens is an example of using which ethical principle to guide your nursing practice? A) Autonomy B) Beneficence C) Fidelity D) Veracity
The nurse is teaching a client with maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), an autosomal recessive disorder, about the inheritance pattern. Which information should the nurse provide?
A) This recessive disorder is carried only on the X chromosome. B) Occurrences mainly affect males and heterozygous females. C) Both genes of a pair must be abnormal for the disorder to occur. D) One copy of the abnormal gene is required for this disorder.
The nurse working with the child diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus recognizes that most often the disorder can be managed by:
What will be an ideal response?