Which patient group is most affected with pancreatic cancer?
a. young adults age 18-25 c. older adult age 65-79
b. middle age 35-55 d. elderly
C
Most of pancreatic cancer affects clients between the ages 65 and 79.
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1. The excitement phase. 2. The plateau phase. 3. The orgasmic phase. 4. The resolution phase.
A client who has been taking high-dose corticosteroid therapy for 1 month to treat a severe inflammatory condition, which has now resolved, asks the nurse why she needs to continue tak-ing corticosteroids. Which is the nurse's best response?
a. "It is possible for the inflammation to re-cur if you stop the drugs." b. "Once you start corticosteroids, you have to be weaned off them." c. "You must decrease the dose slowly so your hormones will begin to work again." d. "The drug suppresses your immune sys-tem, which needs to be built back up."
Restraints are used:
a. To discipline a person b. For staff convenience c. To control or prevent a behavior d. To protect persons from harming them-selves or others
The nurse has just received change-of-shift report about the following four patients which patient will the nurse assess first:
a) The patient who has multiple black wounds on the feet and ankles b) The newly admitted patient with a stage IV pressure ulcer on the coccyx c) The patient who needs to be medicated with multiple analgesics before a scheduled dressing change d) The patient who has been receiving immunosuppressants medications and has a temp of 102' F