A group of nursing students are reviewing the components of the endocrine system. The students demonstrate understanding of the review when they identify what as the primary function of this system?
What will be an ideal response?
Hormonal secretion
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The number and quality of personal relationships increases in direct proportion to a nurse's:
A) Commitment to self-care B) Number of hours worked per week C) Time and energy set aside for friends and family D) Skill in communicating with openness and compassion
Which nursing diagnosis is likely to be of highest priority when developing a nursing care plan for a client?
a. Impaired memory c. Diarrhea b. Ineffective denial d. Social isolation
A patient is scheduled for an echocardiogram with measurement of ejection fraction. The nurse explains to the patient that this test will provide the most information about which cardiac characteristic?
1. The amount of blood the heart pumps every minute 2. The strength of the heartbeat 3. The amount of resistance the heart beats against 4. The amount of blood in the heart before it beats
The client is a 30-year-old man who has type 1 polycystic kidney disease (PKD-1). He asks whether his children could develop this disease. What is the nurse's best response?
A. "Because there is no identifiable pattern of inheritance with this disease, your children are not at an increased risk for developing polycystic kidney disease." B. "Because the disease is sex-linked (x-linked) recessive, only your sons will be affected." C. "Because this is a recessive disorder, your wife would also have to have the dis-ease for your children to have polycystic kidney disease." D. "Because this is a dominant disorder, each of your children would have a 50% risk of having polycystic kidney disease."