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Maternal Newborn Practice B 1. A nurse is reinforcing teaching about neonatal home safety precautions with a group of new mothers. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? "Crib slats should be no more than 2.25 inches apart." 2. A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is at 16 weeks of gestation, has diabetes mellitus, and has a BMI of 31. Which of the following statements should the nurse identify as an indication that the client understands the teaching...

Chapter 3. Health Promotion 1. Which of the following is an example of secondary prevention in a 50-year-old woman? A. Yearly mammogram B. Low animal fat diet C. Use of seat belt D. Daily application of sunscreen 2. Which of the following is a primary prevention measure for a 76-year-old man newly diagnosed with a testosterone deficiency? A. Calcium supplementation B. Testicular self-examination C. Bone density test D. Digital rectal examination 3. Immunizations are an example...

Chapter 1. Primary Care in the Twenty-First Century: A Circle of Caring 1. A nurse has expressed skepticism to a colleague about the value of nursing research, claiming that nursing research has little relevance to practice. How can the nurses colleague best defend the importance of nursing research? A. The existence of nursing research means that nurses are now able to access federal grant money, something that didn’t use to be the case. B. Nursing research has allowed the developmen...

MCAT Psychology Lecture 4: Thought and Emotion - patient’s physical and emotional lives are inseparable - Drs are required to constantly examine a Pt’sinternalstate/external environment 4.1 Cognition: Cognition – internal mental activities (ex: analyzing info, forming ideas, problem solving) - refersto higher level processing (language, logical reasoning) - an internal process that influences external behavior Perception – refers to our interpretation of a sensory input Informa...

FEMALE GENITOURINARY PATHOLOGY . This document covers the below subtopics: vaginal, cervical, uterine ovarian pathology

Burns. A burn is an injury that results from direct exposure to any thermal, electrical, chemical, or radiation source. It occurs when energy from a heat source is transferred into body tissues beyond what the body could hold, leading to tissue injury. It is characterized by severe skin damage that causes the affected skin cells to die. Types of Burns: There are many other causes of burns aside from open flames. They include:  Thermal burns. A thermal burn is a burn to the skin cause...

This summary will enable you to study effectively for the MCAT Biological and Biochemical Foundations of Living Systems section, it will help you understanding these examples of biochemistry topics: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins Biological membranes Carbohydrate metabolism Carbohydrate structure DNA and RNA Enzymes Lipids and lipid metabolism Non-enzymatic proteins Regulation of metabolism

Question 1: A nurse is giving discharge instructions to a patient who has been ordered Guaifenesin (Mucinex) to take BID for 3 days after discharge. What response by the patient lets her know that he understands how to take his medication? A. “Taking this medication can cause me to develop a non-productive cough." B. "I will take my medication Daily with a full glass of water." C. "I will take my medication twice a day with a full glass of water! D. “The medication will have t...

Nursing Care Plans and Management: Nurses have a huge set of responsibilities for handling a patient with cancer. Nursing care plans for cancer involve assessment, support for therapies (e.g., chemotherapy, radiation, etc.), pain control, promoting nutrition, and providing emotional support. Nursing Problem Priorities: The following are the nursing priorities for patients with cancer:  Perform assessments and administer cancer treatments  Manage treatment-related side effects ...

At what point should the nurse expect a healthy newborn to pass meconium? Correct response:  within 24 hours after birth What is the term for a small collection of blood that forms underneath the skull as a result of birth trauma? Correct response:  cephalohematoma The nurse is caring for a newborn who has a large surface area to body mass ratio. What action will the nurse take to help this newborn regulate temperature? Correct response:  Assure the newborn has a cap on the ...