Water pollution is caused by ______. A. agricultural runoff B. sewage C. heavy metals D. All of the above

Which of these boundaries would you most likely to establish with your siblings.
A) No compliments
B) No conversation
C) No physical abuse
D) No laughing

How is HIV contracted, and what are the treatment options?
HIV is spread during unprotected sex with an infected individual, and it can only be treated if detected within the first few months of being infected. HIV is spread during unprotected sex or through contact with infected blood; it cannot be cured, but early treatment can minimize the long-term consequences. HIV is transmitted through contact with infected bodily fluids; there is no cure or safe treatment to reduce the symptoms and consequences of the disease. HIV is transmitted by sharing drug needles or food with an infected individual; it cannot be cured, but there are experimental medications to minimize the risk of AIDS.

Which of the "Four D's of Negligence" refers to the physician-client relationship

During the first hour after a precipitous birth, the nurse should monitor a multiparous client for signs and symptoms of which complication?

Which one of the following food contaminations would be suspect do if the end of a can of tomatoes had begun to swell

Now that you have reviewed normal blood flow, why does a patient with left-sided heart failure have a low systolic blood pressure?

A person who uses sunscreen prior to going out in the sun would be said to be exercising

When faced with the victim you suspect has suffered an internal injury, one of the steps you should take

All beliefs about body shape are unaffected by social influences. Select one: a. True b. False

Clara is depressed after losing her job. she has been complaining of a severe backache that is affecting her daily life. however, her physician has examined her and found that there is no medical cause for her condition. according to the symptoms displayed by clara, she is most likely to be suffering from:

Intuition might tell us that rough surfaces on clothing would inhibit the speed of an Olympic athlete. Why is this line of thinking not true in some cases? How can controlled roughness actually promote speed? Write a paragraph that is about 100 words long.

A document that states one does not want medical intervention to be kept alive if the quality of life is not good or hope for recovery is dismal is called:

A tone is followed by a puff of air to the eyes. after several repetitions, subjects blink their eyes when they hear the tone. in this experiment blinking is

Physicians can use telemedicine to perform remote diagnosis of patients.
a. True
b. False

Why should
you practice good sleep hygiene

A twenty-one-year-old female presents to your clinic complaining of shortness of breath and a nonproductive nocturnal cough. she states she used to feel this way only with extreme exercise, but lately, she has felt this way continuously. she denies any other upper respiratory symptoms, chest pain, gastrointestinal symptoms, or urinary tract symptoms. her past medical history is significant only for seasonal allergies, for which she takes a nasal steroid spray but is otherwise on no other medications. she has had no surgeries. her mother has allergies and eczema, and her father has high blood pressure. she is the only child. she denies smoking and illegal drug use but drinks three to four alcoholic beverages per weekend. on examination, she is in no acute distress and her vital signs are: t 98.6, bp 120/80, pulse 80, and respirations 20. her head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat examinations are essentially normal. inspection of her anterior and posterior chest shows no abnormalities. on auscultation of her chest, there is decreased air movement and high-pitched whistling on expiration in all lobes. percussion reveals resonant lungs. what is your diagnosis?

HPV (human papillomavirus) accounts for the majority of prevalent STIs in the US

what body system does addison's disease affect?

If a medication is added to food, the food should be a warm full serving so the taste of the medication is better disguised.
a. True
b. False

Lara is trying to remember what she had for dinner last friday when her husband took her out to eat. according to the memory-systems perspective, this information is in lara's _____ memory. episodic semantic short-term declarative

What 1 medical field would use information regarding integumentary, skeletal/muscular, and digestive system knowledge?

A nurse is coaching a woman during the second stage of labor. which action should the nurse encourage the client to do at this time

List 5 responsibilities related to communication that you have to a patient

Beth has late-stage terminal cancer. she understands which procedures she is willing to endure and which ones she does not want to undergo. how can beth best communicate her desires to her physician and family?

A client with acute lymphocytic leukemia is receiving vincristine. prior to infusing the drug, the nurse administers diphenhydramine. the nurse should inform the client that the expected outcome of using diphenhydramine in this situation is to:

A nurse is caring for 70-year-old patient who is undergoing anticholinergic drug therapy. the nurse should assess for which condition when caring for this elderly patient?

In an otherwise healthy adult, blood loss would cause:

A patient is given 1 mg of dexamethasone at 11:00 pm; a plasma cortisol level recorded at 8:00 pm the next day is normal. the nurse knows that this is an indication that the patient has what condition?

Mrs. anderson presents with an itchy rash which is raised and appears and disappears in various locations. each lesion lasts for many minutes. what most likely accounts for this rash?

used to direct the coder to the correct codes and the sequence of codes for conditions that may be preset with each other