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The nurse is caring for a 75 year old female with a fractured hip secondary to osteoporosis.  She states that her doctor has put her on a medication to treat her osteoporosis. You recognize which of the following medication can modify the effects of osteoporosis?

Which symptom(s) experienced by your patient with a spinal cord injury at the level of T-5 would alert you to the presence of a complication of this type of injury?

A 47-year-old female is admitted to the unit after sustaining a fall at home.  The patient’s x-rays confirm the presence of an extracapsular fracture of the left hip. When assessing the patient, the nurse would expect to find

         A patient has a head injury and is presenting with signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. Which nursing intervention would be helpful in reducing this pressure?

Which patient that the nurse does not need to be assessed for signs and symptoms of osteomyelitis?

A patient reports visual distortion and is assessed to have an uneven cornea. What refractive error does the nurse determine is most likely present?

Use the circle graph to solve the problem.In a school survey, students showed these preferences for instructional materials.About how many students would you expect to prefer lectures in a school of 750 students?

A nurse develops a teaching plan for a patient diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Which information should the nurse include in the teaching plan?

A patient has just arrived in the emergency department with the diagnosis of acute angle-closure glaucoma.  Which of the following classifications of medications would you expect the physician to order to lower IOP? Select all that apply

A patient is being admitted to the hospital for treatment of acute cellulitis of the lower left leg. During the admission assessment, the nurse expects to note which finding?