A wound on a patient's leg has stopped bleeding. The nurse would attribute this to which physiologic occurrence?
1. Tumor necrosis factor has sealed the wound.
2. Neutrophils have invaded the wound.
3. Macrophages have been released into the general circulation.
4. Platelets retracted the clot, reducing leakage.
Answer: 4
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A child with nephritic syndrome has been placed on prednisone. The nurse knows that for this syndrome, the administration will be:
1. Daily for six weeks and then alternate-day doses for six weeks. 2. Daily for one week. 3. On a short-burst schedule. 4. Infrequent.
Respiratory assessment is a very important component of the physical assessment process because:
A) Other system dysfunction may be identified. B) Potential problems caused by genetic predisposition may be identified. C) Early dysfunction of the respiratory system may be identified. D) All of the above.
The nurse is conducting a physical assessment for a pediatric client. Which part of Bronfenbrenner's ecologic theory of development is the nurse assessing when discussing the parents' work environment in relation to the client?
1. Chronosystem 2. Mesosystem 3. Macrosystem 4. Exosystem
A 55-year-old woman has not had menstrual periods for 5 years and tells the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) that she is having increasingly frequent vasomotor symptoms
She has no family history or risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) or breast cancer but is concerned about these side effects of hormone therapy (HT). The NP should: a. tell her that starting HT now may reduce her risk of breast cancer. b. advise a short course of HT now that may decrease her risk for CHD. c. tell her that HT will not help control her symptoms during postmenopause. d. recommend herbal supplements for her symptoms to avoid HT side effects.