HIV is highly contagious, whereas hepatitis B is not.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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The hospice nurse discusses the grieving process with the three children. What would the nurse define as a basic goal of the grieving process? A) Healing the self B) Constant reflection on the loss C) Encouraging sadness and depression D) Effectively role-modeling loss for offspring
A nurse is assigned the care of a client who has been admitted to the health care facility with high fever. Which nursing skill should be put into practice at the first contact with the client?
A) Assessment B) Caring C) Comforting D) Counseling
An association may meet all the criteria for causation and later be shown to be false or factitious because of factors that were not known at the time the study was done. Investigators must interpret results with great caution;
they rarely consider a cause "proven." Which is a widely used criterion for evaluating causation? A) Association is not strong. B) Association is not specific. C) Association is temporally correct. D) Association is the result of a confounding variable.
A middle-aged female with numbness and tingling in the lower extremities and difficulty ambulating has large, oval-shaped, macrocytic red blood cells with thin membranes on the latest complete blood count. Which therapy would the nurse anticipate including in the discharge plan?
A. A diet high in green leafy vegetables, broccoli, wheat germ, and asparagus B. Instructions about intramuscular parenteral injections of vitamin B12 for the rest of her life C. Instructions about subcutaneous injections of erythropoietin for a few weeks D. A daily multivitamin with extra iron