The client asks the nurse, "they say I have cancer. How can they tell if I have Hodgkin's disease from a biopsy?" The nurse's answer is based on which scientific rationale?
1. Biopsies are nuclear medication scans that can detect cancer
2. A biopsy is a laboratory test that detects cancer cells
3. It determines which kind of cancer the client has
4. The HCP takes a small piece out of the tumor and looks at the cells
3. It determines which kind of cancer the client has
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The nurse is aware that most of the students prefer the fried food choices in the school cafeteria and that the many of the students are considered overweight by body mass index (BMI) standards
Strategies that the nurse can employ to ameliorate this concern include: (Select all that apply.) 1. Demanding that the food staff eliminate all fried foods. 2. Working with the food staff on menu planning and including healthier choices. 3. Presenting programs to the students about nutrition and healthy choices. 4. Presenting programs to families at parent-teaching association (PTA) meetings about school nutrition. 5. Assigning mandatory exercise programs to all students whose BMI's are considered overweight.
The paramedics bring a patient who has suffered a sexual assault to the ED. What is important for the sexual assault nurse examiner to do when assessing a sexual assault victim?
A) Respect the patient's privacy during assessment. B) Shave all pubic hair for laboratory analysis. C) Place items for evidence in plastic bags. D) Bathe the patient before the examination.
Upon assessment of the temperature of a newborn, the nurse recalls that the __________________________________ is the range of temperature in which the newborn's body temperature can be maintained with minimal metabolic demands and oxygen consumption
. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Long-term monitoring of patients who are taking carbamazepine includes:
1. Routine troponin levels to assess for cardiac damage 2. Annual eye examinations to assess for cataract development 3. Monthly pregnancy tests for all women of childbearing age 4. Complete blood count every 3 to 4 months