In the peripheral vascular system, what carries deoxygenated blood back to the right side of the heart?

a. arteries c. veins
b. capillaries d. venules


C
Veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the right side of the heart.

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Over 50% of the population, aged 65 years and older, suffers from which one of the following chronic health conditions?

a. Hypertension c. Multiple sclerosis b. Renal failure d. Cancer

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A client is admitted in a comatose state after ingestion of 30 capsules of pentobarbital sodium

As she responds to emergency care, her husband tells staff that she often takes more of the drug than is ordered and frequently drinks alcohol concurrently. The nurse assesses that the use of alcohol with this drug a. diminishes the effect. b. stimulates metabolism of the drug. c. causes no effect. d. has a synergistic effect.

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Betty just received a nephrostomy tube after her nephrolithotomy was done. Betty has no idea what just happened. She thought she was having a procedure to remove a stone

a. Explain what a nephrostomy tube is and why it was placed. b. What type of nursing care does it require? c. What is nephrolithotomy?

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The relative instability of body temperature in the newborn is affected by:

a. immature mechanisms of sweating and shivering. b. large body surfaces in relation to body mass. c. environmental temperature. d. all of the above.

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