The nurse is assessing an older adolescent patient who has not begun to menstruate. Which should the nurse inquire about during the health history as possible causes?
1) Eating disorders
2) Intensive athletic training
3) Hypothyroidism
4) All of the above
ANS: 4
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An end-stage human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive client admitted to a hospice with metastatic Kaposi sarcoma is found to be unresponsive when the nurse approaches the client for assessing the vitals
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