A patient asks a nurse what causes dementia. What two most prevalent types of dementia should the nurse consider before responding?
a. Pick disease and Huntington disease
b. Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia
c. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Pick dis-ease
d. Vascular dementia and Huntington dis-ease
B
Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia are the two most prevalent types of dementia.
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A sputum sample led to a lung biopsy, which revealed the causative organism to be Aspergillus, an opportunistic infection. What are some similarities between the patient's innate (general) and adaptive (acquired) immune systems? Select all that apply. A) They have highly specialized, systemic cells. B) They work to eliminate, or prevent attack of "self" from "non-self." C) They have cells that originate in the bone marrow. D) They have humoral immunity and can make IgG.
When the nurse administers an oral combination drug called Metaglip, what doses of the two medications are being administered?
A) 2.5 mg glipizide, 500 mg metformin B) 1.25 mg glyburide, 250 mg metformin C) 5 mg glipizide, 250 mg metformin D) 4 mg rosiglitazone, 500 mg metformin
To determine a client's nutritional status, the best statement for the nurse to make is:
1. "Write down all you've had to eat and drink for the last 24 hours." 2. "Tell me all about your favorite foods and how you prepare them." 3. "How often do you eat pork?" 4. "Do you drink coffee?"
The nurse identifies Nutrition altered, more than body requirements related to obesity as the nursing diagnosis for a client taking an anorexiant. A successful outcome of this diagnosis would be that the client:
a. loses two to four pounds per month until desired weight is obtained. b. joins an exercise group. c. verbalizes a 1500-calorie-per-day diet plan. d. weighs self daily.