Providing support for a client's family is an important component of care of the actual client. What feeling, often irrational, often accompanies the myriad of feelings associated with a loved one struggling with cancer?

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The nurse determines that the patient understands patient teaching regarding esophageal speech when witnessing the patient perform which activity?

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An uncircumcised 78-year-old male has presented at the clinic complaining that he cannot retract his foreskin over his glans. On examination, it is noted that the foreskin is very constricted. The nurse should recognize the presence of what health problem

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A patient with type 2 diabetes has been managing his blood glucose levels using diet and metformin (Glucophage). Following an ordered increase in the patient's daily dose of metformin, the nurse should prioritize which of the following assessments?

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When documenting the palpation of a pulse, the nurse is correct in making what notation about the rhythm?

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Why is the CD4+ cell a specific target for the human immunodeficiency virus?

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From what potentially fatal complication should the nurse protect the client who has any type of temporary or permanent immunodeficiency?

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The HIV-positive client has been brought to the clinic by a friend. On assessment, the client has a fever, headache, blurred vision, and nausea and vomiting. The friend states that the client is a little confused today. What is the nurse's best first action?

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Which problem is considered an acquired immunodeficiency that can be cured?

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What is the best method to prevent transmission of HIV from an infected client to a health care worker?

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A client is having a physical examination and asks the nurse if his father, age 76, should have the same prostate cancer screening that he is having. The nurse bases her answer on knowledge that

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Suggestions that a home health nurse could make to an elderly client with cataracts to reduce the risk of falls in his home would include

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During a nursing history before a physical exam, a nurse identifies a client as being in a violent relationship. The most important intervention by the nurse at this time is to

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The nurse using the World Health Organization (WHO) description of health bases care on the premise that health is

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The nurse explains that the client's ability to cope with stress dynamically will play a significant role in the client attaining maximum potential. This approach is most consistent with the model of

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The main goal for the client with hypertension is to:

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A client with severe varicose veins has chosen a procedure ties off an involved section of a vein with a suture. This is called:

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What symptom would a client with Raynaud's disease experience?

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A severe potential surgical complication from an aortic aneurysm repair is:

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Which of the following can form either spontaneously or as a result of IV catheters?

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