Which patient is at the highest risk for malignant hypertension?
a. White postmenopausal women
b. Obese Asians
c. Young African American adults
d. Older Latino men
C
Malignant hypertension occurs suddenly and usually exhibits a diastolic blood pressure higher than 140 mm Hg. It most commonly occurs in young African American adults.
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a. Cloudy urine b. Urinary hesitancy c. Post-void dribbling d. Weak urinary stream
When teaching a parenting group how to prevent the most common cause of childhood burns, what action does the nurse advise?
A. Cover electrical outlets. B. Keep children out of the kitchen. C. Install smoke detectors. D. Lock up household chemicals.
During the evaluation and revision process, the nurse needs to consider the client's progress toward understanding the relationship between the dissociative state and the increased anxiety that is felt as repressed past trauma is triggered by
environmental factors. What would the nurse use to evaluate the client's progress toward this understanding so that revisions can be made if necessary? A) Ability to recall past traumatic events B) A decrease in self-destructive behaviors C) Imitation of the behaviors modeled by the nurse D) Acceptance by the family of the client's dissociative state
Matt's mother tells the nurse that he keeps scratching the areas where he has poison ivy. The nurse's response should be based on knowing that:
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