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A charge nurse is conducting an in-service about smallpox with a group of nurses. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse is caring for a client who has paranoid personality disorder. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? Select all that apply.

Over evolutionary time, many cave-dwelling organisms have lost their eyes. Tapeworms have lost their digestive systems. Whales have lost their hind limbs. How can natural selection account for these losses?

A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who was bitten on the left leg by a poisonous snake. The client has placed elastic bandages snuggly above and below the bite marks and is in no apparent distress. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client who  is brought into the emergency department immediately following a snake bite to his forearm. The client suspects the snake to be venomous. Which of the following interventions should the nurse take?

A client who has been taking fluvoxamine (Luvox) without significant improvement asks a nurse, “I heard about something called a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI). Can’t my doctor add that to my medications?” Which is an appropriate nursing response?

Which patient should the nurse anticipate a prescription for ceftriaxone (Rocephin) IM and doxycycline (Vibramycin) orally?

When teaching a patient about ways to manage primary dysmenorrhea, the nurse will suggest that the patient:

A large population of laboratory animals has been allowed to breed randomly for a number of generations. After several generations, 25% of the animals display a recessive trait (aa), the same percentage as at the beginning of the breeding program. The rest of the animals show the dominant phenotype, with heterozygotes indistinguishable from the homozygous dominants.   What is the most reasonable conclusion that can be drawn from the fact that the frequency of the recessive trait (aa) has not changed over time?

A nurse is caring for a client who has endometriosis and will receive depot injections of leuprolide. The client asks about the effects of this medication. Which of the following information should the nurse give the client?