Which cerebral vascular hemorrhage causes meningeal irritation, photophobia, and positive Kernig and Brudzinski signs?is considered a diagnostic indicator for an arteriovenous malformation (AVM)?
a. Intracranial
b. Subarachnoid
c. Epidural
d. Subdural
Answer: b. Subarachnoid
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What finding would the nurse expect when measuring blood pressure on all four extremities of a child with coarctation of the aorta?
a. Blood pressure higher on the right side b. Blood pressure higher on the left side c. Blood pressure lower in the arms than in the legs d. Blood pressure lower in the legs than in the arms
A patient with megaloblastic anemia is being treated in an inpatient setting and has daily blood work ordered. This morning's blood work has become available, and the patient's hemoglobin and hematocrit are continuing to trend downward
The nurse has contacted the patient's health care provider to determine whether the health care provider wants to order a transfusion of packed red blood cells (PRBCs). When considering the efficacy of this treatment the nurse should understand that: A) A transfusion of PRBCs may have the potential to create fluid volume overload and pulmonary edema. B) The patient's body is likely to destroy the transfused red cells soon after they are transfused. C) The patient is deficient in oxygen-carrying capacity more than in the absolute number of RBCs. D) The patient will require multiple transfusions over several days to achieve an increase in Hgb and Hct.
While the client sleeps, the nurse notes that the client's respirations periodically stop. This finding would be documented as:
1. Tachypnea. 2. Bradypnea. 3. Apnea. 4. Atelectasis.
Your client tells you that if a car does not start because the battery is dead, then the other accessories in the car, such as the radio, also will not function. This is an example of which stage of thinking according to Piaget and Inhelder?
1. concrete thinking 2. egocentrism 3. formal operations 4. conservation