A nurse notices multiple lesions on the back of a patient's left hand that are 0.5 cm in width, elevated, circumscribed, and filled with serous fluid. How does the nurse document these lesions?
a. As multiple macules on the dorsum of the left hand
b. As multiple vesicles on the dorsum of the left hand
c. As several patches on the left hand
d. As several bullae on the dorsum of the left hand
ANS: B
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A patient who has emigrated from India is hospitalized under the care of a traditional Western provider. He tells the nurse that his entire family uses ayurvedic medicine
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a. Black cohosh c. Gingerroot b. Pennyroyal d. Rue
A nurse becomes suspicious that a patient may have breast cancer based on which abnormal finding?
a. An irregularly shaped hard mass in one breast b. Bilateral, small, nontender nodes close to the surface c. Multiple rubbery-feeling lumps with well-defined borders d. A mobile, firm lump located in the upper outer quadrant of the left breast