The nurse caring for a patient with a schizophrenic spectrum disorder (SSD) notes that the patient imitates the nurse's movements during the assessment. Which symptom is the patient demonstrating?
1. Echolalia
2. Echopraxia
3. Loose associations
4. Automatic obedience
2. Echopraxia
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A male patient is receiving rituximab therapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Which of the following would be a priority nursing intervention to reduce the risk for cytotoxicity and tumor lysis syndrome?
A) Ensure that the patient maintains a normal breathing pattern. B) Ensure that the patient maintains a normal fluid and electrolyte balance. C) Protect the patient from exposure to infections. D) Monitor the patient for deterioration in renal function.
A patient reports that he has worked with ceramics for over 35 years. You recognize that this length of exposure to potentially hazardous substances increases her risk for
a. asbestosis. c. silicosis. b. byssinosis. d. pulmonary neoplasms.
What is the term for the pharmacological agents that kill mites?
1. Pediculicides 2. Psoralens 3. Scabicides 4. Antibiotics
Which of the following can be best defined as a thick-walled structure in which parasitic protozoal sex cells develop for transfer to new hosts?
A. A sebum B. An oocyst C. A kerion D. An antigen