A man with assessment findings associated with prostate cancer is having the tumor-associated antigen PSA drawn. The nurse anticipates this level will be used for which purposes?
1. To confirm the diagnosis of prostate cancer
2. To rule out the presence of prostate cancer
3. To screen for the probability of prostate cancer
4. To assess efficacy of treatment
5. To determine presence of metastasis
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a. How many milliliters will you administer? _____ mL b. Shade in the dosage on the syringe.
The nurse manager is facilitating a collaborative team whose mission is to negotiate employment contracts with physicians
The nurse manager does not want to compromise the nurses' concerns in favor of the doctors, and so should plan on using which strategies to facilitate this outcome? Select all that apply. 1. Accommodating 2. Collaborating 3. Compromising 4. Confronting 5. Smoothing
The nurse is completing a suicide risk assessment with a patient. For which factor should the nurse assess based on an understanding of the psychiatric causal factor in suicide?
1. Anticipatory grief 2. Fearful anxiety 3. Acute illness 4. Increased productivity
The nurse is caring for a 14-year-old child with systemic lupus erythematous (SLE). What clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to observe? (Select all that apply.)
a. Arthralgia b. Weight gain c. Polycythemia d. Abdominal pain e. Glomerulonephritis