A patient is diagnosed with cirrhosis. The nurse sees that there is no indication of alcohol use in the patient's health history, and the patient denies drinking alcohol. What is another likely cause of this disease that the nurse should suspect?
A) Peptic ulcer disease
B) Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
C) Dieulafoy's lesions
D) Diverticulosis
A
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The nurse is discussing the future with a client recently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). When the client asks about the possibility of continuing to work at his family's construction business, the nurse responses:
1. "Work as long at your job as you feel capable of keeping up with the demands it makes on you.". 2. "This is a progressively debilitating disease; you need to think of ways to conserve your energy, not expend it.". 3. "Can you do work that is less strenuous?" 4. "Is there a way that you can switch over to the office side of the business?"
The nurse in a critical care unit is preparing to initiate an infusion of nitroglycerin. The nurse is aware that IV nitroglycerin requires:
a. that the client's vital signs are monitored at least every two hours. b. that the solution is infused through a 0.22 micron filter. c. that the solution is mixed and administered in a glass bottle. d. that the drug is mixed in lactated Ringer's fluid only.
Cephalocaudal development proceeds in which direction?
a. head downward b. foot to midsection, followed by head to midsection c. toe to head d. extremities in toward the tailbone section of the body
The nurse explains that the tool that allows the evaluation of core function in a resident in a long-term facility is the ______ ________ _______
Fill in the blank with correct word.