Monitoring a patient's waist-to-hip ratio provides data concerning:
a. daily caloric requirements.
b. lung capacity.
c. stomach cancer risk.
d. cardiovascular disease risk.
D
Waist-to-hip ratios may aid in predicting relative disease risk in terms of cardiovascular risk fac-tors.
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a. Restrained c. Objective b. Manages change d. Trustworthy
After the insertion of an arteriovenous graft (AVG) in the right forearm, a 54-year-old patient complains of pain and coldness of the right fingers. Which action should the nurse take?
a. Teach the patient about normal AVG function. b. Remind the patient to take a daily low-dose aspirin tablet. c. Report the patient's symptoms to the health care provider. d. Elevate the patient's arm on pillows to above the heart level.
A nurse is providing care for a patient who recently had bladder surgery. The patient is being discharged and will need to perform self-catheterization every 4 hours at home
Which of the following statements will the nurse include in the discharge teaching? 1. "You will need to have someone who can do this for you throughout the day." 2. "You will need to use a new suprapubic catheter each time you catheterize yourself." 3. "The straight catheter will be inserted through the urethra and into the bladder to allow urine to be emptied." 4. "This is somewhat difficult. Maybe the doctor will order an indwelling catheter for you instead."
The enzymes that are most affected by the process of aging are those that play a role in ________ drugs.
A. reducing B. oxidizing C. alkylating D. chelating