A patient comes into the emergency department with complaints of partial loss of vision in one eye, numbness and tingling of the arm and leg, and dizziness. Which additional information should the nurse initially seek from the patient?
1. If the patient has high blood pressure
2. If the symptoms are still present
3. If this is a recurrent problem
4. If the patient fell
Answer: 2
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True False
What is the reason breast cancer in men has such a poor prognosis?
a. Breast cancer is extremely aggressive in men. b. Treatment is usually delayed as a result of late detection. c. Chemotherapies are not as effective in men. d. Breast tumors tend to be small and hard to isolate