A healthcare professional is caring for four patients with cancer. Which patient does the professional educate about brachytherapy?
a. Lung
b. Colon
c. Cervical
d. Brain
Ans: c. Cervical
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A. Assist the woman to a knee-chest position with head down. B. Have the patient lie supine and place her legs in frog-leg position. C. Place the patient in a side-lying position and lift the upper buttock. D. Turn the woman side to side and lift the upper leg each time.
A patient is taking an alpha blocker as treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia. The nurse will monitor for which potential drug effect?
a. Orthostatic hypotension b. Increased blood pressure c. Decreased urine flow d. Discolored urine
Descriptive statistics are rarely exactly equal to population parameters because of:
a. Sampling error b. Attrition bias c. Type I errors d. Type II errors
The nurse is preparing immunizations for an 11-year-old boy who is current on all immunizations. The nurse will plan to administer:
1. MMR. 2. IPV. 3. Tdap. 4. Varicella.