A client is having a penile shaft resection for advanced penile cancer. Which nursing diagnosis would be most important for the nurse to consider when planning care?
a. Altered Body Image
b. Anxiety
c. Risk for Incontinence
d. Risk for Sexual Dysfunction
A
Many men are reluctant to seek help for medical conditions involving their genitals because they regard such problems as a potential threat to their sexuality or identity as a man. After delaying medical care for penile cancer, the man may present with ulcerated, complicated lesions that re-quire extreme surgery such as penile shaft resection or penectomy. Such a radical procedure has dire psychosocial implications.
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a. assesses the level of hemoglobin. b. measures antibody production. c. examines the shape and structure of RBCs. d. identifies infection.
The laboratory technologists are discussing a new blood test that helps establish a differential diagnosis between shortness of breath with a cardiac etiology and shortness of breath with a respiratory/pulmonary etiology
A positive result is purported to indicate a cardiac etiology. The marketers of the test report that 99.8% of patients who have confirmed cardiac etiologies test positive in the test. However, 1.3% of patients who do not have cardiac etiologies for their shortness of breath also test positive. Which of the following statements best characterizes this blood test? A) Low validity; high reliability B) High sensitivity; low specificity C) High specificity; low reliability D) High sensitivity; low reliability
After feeding, the nurse should position the infant on the:
a. stomach. b. right side. c. left side. d. back.
A patient is diagnosed with an acute myocardial infarction and ruptured papillary muscle. Which action is the highest priority for the nurse to complete?
1. Obtain an electrocardiogram. 2. Measure the patient's cardiac output. 3. Assess the patient's neurological status. 4. Assess respiratory status.