A patient reports often eating excessive amounts of food when alone and when not hungry, and has intense feelings of self-disgust afterward. Which health problem is this patient at risk for developing?
A. Electrolyte imbalances
B. Dehydration
C. Type 1 diabetes mellitus
D. Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Answer: D
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What will the nurse advise a parent to do when introducing solid foods?
a. Begin with one tablespoon of food. b. Mix foods together. c. Eliminate a refused food from the diet. d. Introduce each new food 4 to 7 days apart.
A newly hired nurse is asked to join a group working on unit protocols. This nurse is verbal and dominates the conversation of the group. The group leader identifies the disruption this nurse causes as being from which phenomenon?
1. Status incongruence 2. Group isolates 3. Emergence 4. Deviation
A school-aged child has a bee-sting allergy. When the child is stung by a bee during a school recess, assuming that all of the following interventions are covered by school protocol, which initial intervention by the school nurse would be most
appropriate? A) Immediately transport the child to the local hospital. B) Administer epinephrine immediately. C) Notify the child's mother. D) Apply a warm compress to the site of the bee sting.
Patients who have an underlying tinea infection to the cellulitis should also be treated with which one of the following?
A. An anti-fungal medication B. Topical steroids C. Oral steroids D. Zinc oxide