What population is at greatest risk for hypertension?
A) Hispanic
B) White
C) Asian
D) African American
Ans: D
Race is a factor in hypertension, a disorder characterized by high blood pressure. It is more prevalent and more severe in African American men and women.
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a. Explain that personality changes are common following brain injuries. b. Ask the client why he or she is acting out and behaving differently. c. Refer the client and spouse to a head injury support group. d. Tell the spouse this is expected and he or she will have to learn to cope.
A nurse is assigned to care for four postoperative clients. Each client has several pages of orders that need to be completed and three of the clients are calling for help and pain medication. The nurse in this situation may experience:
a. person-role conflict. c. role overload. b. interrole conflict. d. interpersonal role conflict.
Which of the following is a responsibility of many health care agencies' chief executive officers (CEOs)?
a. Managing the budgets of each department in the agency b. Recruiting and hiring of staff c. Overall operation of the agency on a daily basis d. Establishing policies governing the operation for the agency
What will the nurse do during the post-test phase of diagnostic testing for a client?
1. Provide emotional and physical support to the client. 2. Compare the previous and current test results. 3. Prepare the client for the test. 4. Modify nursing interventions as necessary. 5. Report the results to appropriate health team members.