NCLEX
A nurse is working in a support group for clients with HIV. Which point is most important for the nurse to stress?
a) inform household of their condition
b) they must take medications as prescribed
c)must abstain from substance use
d) must avoid large crowds
What is enforcing taking medications as prescribed
if the goal of the health communication is to have influence on individuals, families, neighborhoods, medical and social service organizations and ultimately public healthy policy they are adhering to what?
a)ecological theory
b)milton gordon theory
c)murry bowen family system
d) attachment theory
What is Ecological theory?
This machine is typically used to capture images and view inside a patient's body, using a hand held probe and water based gel.
What is a Ultrasound Machine
The coccyx is a bone that helps you maintain balance when you sit down or in typical language referred to as what?
What is tailbone?
Among the largest 25 healthcare occupations which minority group has the largest share of workers?
What is Asian?
A nurse is caring for a patient undergoing a stress test on a treadmill. The patient turns to talk to the nurse. Which statement would require the most immediate intervention?
a) "im feeling extremely thirsty"
b)"I can feel my heart racing"
c)"my shoulder and arm is hurting"
d) "my blood pressure reading is 158/80"
What is my shoulder and arm is hurting
A 6ft man lifts a 100 lb weight from the floor to a neight 1 ft above his head. How much work is done in lifting the weight?
A) 0 foot- pound
B)6 foot- pound
C) 600 foot-pound
D) 700 foot-pound
700 foot-pound
This medical tool is commandingly used to listen to your heart and lungs.
What is a stethoscope
Gustatory cells/papillae are small bumps allowing people to savor and distinguish different foods or in typical language referred to as what?
2 in 10 healthcare workers are which gender?
What is Male?
The nurse assesses a patient suspected of having an asthma attack. Which of the following is a common clinical manifestation of this condition?
a)audible crackles
b) audible wheezes
c)use of accessory muscles
what is audible wheezes
A patient who resides in the United States says "I love you" and hugs his doctor after every routine visit. This behavior violates what?
a) distortion
b)patient autonomy
c)social norms
What is social norms?
This surgical tray is used for small instruments and medical waste, named after a organ what is this tray called?
What is a kidney tray
DAILY DOUBLE
A synchronous diaphragmatic flutter refers to a temporary involuntary spasms in the diaphragm in other words referring to as a what?
What is a hiccup?
14.6 percent of medical school students parents did not graduate from college/were born in this country, in other words these students are what?
What is first generation?
A nurse is caring for a patient admitted for 3rd degree burns. The nurse should assign the patient to which of following roomates?
a) patient with sickle cell
b) patient with chickenpox
c) patient undergoing chemotherapy
d) patient with high fever
What is patient with sickle cell
Which is not a characteristic of Proteins?
a) can self replicate
b)can act as a hormone
c) acts in cell membrane traicking
d) can bind foreign materials
What is can self replicate
This machine delivers a dose of electric currents to the heart during life threatening situations such as cardiac arrests
Borborygmus is the official term for intestinal echo or in everyday language typically referred to as a what?
What is a stomach rumble/ hungry stomach
What percentage of Hispanics make for total healthcare occupations? (2022)
What is 19 percent
A patient is afraid of needles, which medication would not require blood draws?
a)valproic acid
b)clozapine
c)lithium
d)risperidone
What is risperidone
A person suffers from food poisoning after eating a spoiled lemon, and later finds that the smell of limes and other citrus fruits make her nauseous. This is an example of what?
a)acquisition
b)opposite discrimination
c)negative reinforcement
d)generalization
What is generalization
This tool delivers fluids and medication directly into the bloodstream this is commonly referred as what?
Horripilation comes from latin roots meaning to stand on end, in everyday language what does this word mean?
What is goosebumps
What is the combined total of Black and Latino doctors in America?