The nurse is assessing the pulses of a patient with valvular disease and finds "bounding" arterial pulses. What is this finding most characteristic of?
a. Aortic regurgitation
b. Aortic stenosis
c. Mitral valve prolapse
d. Mitral insufficiency
Answer: a. Aortic regurgitation
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The pediatric nurse is preparing a teaching plan about vitamins for parents of school-age children. What vital information will the nurse include in the plan? Select all that apply
a. Vitamins are needed for cellular metabolism. b. Vitamins are necessary for preventing particular deficiency diseases. c. Because the body does not make vitamins, they must be supplied by the foods we eat. d. The most important vitamin for children is vitamin C. e. Vitamin C toxicity occurs in people with liver dysfunction.
A nurse assesses a client admitted with a brown recluse spider bite. Which priority assessment should the nurse perform to identify complications of this bite?
a. Ask the client about pruritus at the bite site. b. Inspect the bite site for a bluish purple vesicle. c. Assess the extremity for redness and swelling. d. Monitor the client's temperature every 4 hours.
A nurse caring for a client who has gas gangrene knows that this infection originated in which of the following reservoirs?
A) Other people B) Food C) Soil D) Animals
MC The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion was significant for community health nursing practice because it
A. Focused on social, economic, and political reforms as strategies to improve global health. B. Identified assessment, policy formation, and assurance as key indicators for global health. C. Created specific mechanisms to categorize nursing services. D. Provided a mechanism for prospective payment for hospital services.