A health care provider comments that a patient is “too old to take care of herself” and needs to “let a man make decisions for her.” The nurse recognizes that this health care provider is demonstrating which misanthropic feelings?

A girl who is 7 1/2 years old has received a diagnosis of precocious puberty from the pediatric endocrinologist. The nurse who collaborates with this physician should anticipate the administration of what drug?

A) Menotropins (Pergonal) B) Thyrotropin alfa (Thyrogen) C) Cosyntropin (Cortrosyn D) Leuprolide acetate (Lupron)

Your patient complains of painful swelling beside his nose near his right inner canthus.To examine the patient's lacrimal sac for obstruction, you should press your index finger

a. gently near the inner canthus. b. firmly over the lacrimal gland toward the outer canthus. c. intermittently over the punctum to express any discharge. d. over the lacrimal sac, applying steady and firm pressure.

A client is diagnosed with trisomy mosaicism. How does the nurse interpret this diagnosis?

Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Some of the client's cells have 46 chromosomes. 2. Some of the client's cells have 47 chromosomes. 3. All the client's cells have 48 chromosomes. 4. The client's somatic cells have 23 chromosomes. 5. The client's sex cells have 25 chromosomes.

In which stage of sleep is there loss of slow rolling eye movements?

a. stage 1 c. stage 3 b. stage 2 d. stage 4