A pediatric nurse is caring for a group of 4-year-old patients. Four of the patients have the following diagnoses. The child being treated for which diagnosis will most need help understanding what is happening to him or her?
A) Burns sustained in a fireworks accident
B) Broken bones sustained in a fall
C) Lung and spleen damage sustained in a car accident
D) A rash suspected of being measles
C
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A) Poverty B) Isolated geographic location C) Overdependence on publicly funded facilities D) Male gender E) Allergy status
Which medications are considered an alternative to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in older adult hypertension patients with diabetes mellitus and heart failure (HF)?
a. Angiotensin-receptor blockers c. Calcium antagonists b. Beta-blockers d. Direct renin inhibitors
Which client symptom change would most likely indicate, to the nurse, a progression of mitral stenosis?
A) Decreased systolic pressure B) Increased systolic pressure C) Widening pulse pressure D) Normal diastolic pressure
Which of the following families is at high risk for health problems?
a. A man agrees that he needs to eat better and exercise more but also expresses how busy he is at his job. b. A man knows that his grandfather, father, and older brother all died of cardiac disease. c. A man is currently unemployed and despairs about finding a position. d. A man expresses disappointment that, having been laid off as an executive, his new position pays only about two thirds of his original salary.