Female adolescents have a higher incidence of engaging in which risk-taking activity?
a. Drinking alcohol c. Smoking cigarettes
b. Taking barbiturates d. Using weapons
C
Cigarette smoking is on the rise in young women compared to young men. Drinking alcohol is equally distributed between males and females. Taking barbiturates is not higher in females than males. Using weapons is higher in males than in females.
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Shaken baby syndrome refers to:
A. The increasing rate of epilepsy and other seizure disorders in infants born to mothers with a history of psychiatric disorders. B. A form of child abuse in which a baby is shaken hard enough to cause trauma and death. C. The physical and developmental problems faced by infants of drug-addicted mothers. D. The psychological trauma that children experience from perceived threats to their safety.
A client has been diagnosed with a deficiency of complement proteins. Which assessment is the item of highest priority for the nurse to perform?
a. Joint stiffness and range of motion b. Enlarged lymph nodes and night sweats c. Rhinorrhea and conjunctivitis d. Lung sounds, cough, and oxygen satura-tion
Empathy is a motive for:
a. meeting the needs of others. c. becoming a nurse. b. moral reasoning and action. d. determining right from wrong.
Which of the following nursing actions is most likely a result of the nurse's clinical experience?
1. Placing an immobile client on a turning schedule 2. Always assessing a client's IV site before hanging a new bag of fluid 3. Requesting that the nursing assistant have vital signs recorded by 0815 4. Administering a pain medication 30 minutes before changing a burn dressing