The nurse realizes that the organ which is a major site for metastases, harboring and growing cancerous cells that originated in some other part of the body, is the:
1. spleen.
2. gallbladder.
3. liver.
4. stomach.
3
In most developed countries, this secondary type of liver cancer is more common than cancer that originates in the liver itself. The spleen, gallbladder, and stomach are not major sites for metastases.
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Select the most appropriate nursing action for this client. a. Notify the physician and obtain an order for a Foley catheter. b. Restrict the client's fluid intake to 500 mL per shift. c. Obtain an order to catheterize the client every 3 to 4 hours. d. Continue catheterizing the client per the physician's order.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The nurse cares for a neonate who appears in pain. The neonate has tight facial muscles, loud and shrill cry, rapid breathing, tense extremities and is thrashing about. Using the NIPS pain scale, which number will the nurse give the neonate?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8