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When the nurse determines that an elderly patient has a reasonable risk of being physically abused by family members, it is the nurse’s legal obligation to:

The patient voices feeling very stressed regarding her immune deficiency diagnosis and the care regimen. Which response by the nurse is most beneficial in addressing the patient’s stress?

The immune globulin that protects infections from occurring in areas such as the GI tract, eyes and in breast milk is:

The nurse provides proper education on protein consumption for a vegetarian client by providing information on which foods to consume:

The patient who is taking radiation treatments has a platelet count of 90,000/mm3. The nurse should be alert for:

A student nurse is teaching her children about the importance of eating healthy. She explains that the formation of blood cells requires: (select all that apply)

The public health nurse is providing information on how to help increase the function of their immune systems to elderly patients. Proper information would include: (select all that apply)

During a focused cardiac assessment the patient states he doesn’t have any cardiovascular disease nor does he have a family history, yet the nurse notices he is prescribed some antihypertensive medications. The nurse’s initial reaction to this would be:

During a convention on heart health, the nurse plans to discuss decreasing risk factors for women. All of the following content topics are appropriate for decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease except?

The nurse caring for a child with aplastic anemia is reviewing the laboratory results and notes a white blood cell count of 8000 cells/mm3, platelet count of 200,000 cells/mm3 and a red blood cell count of 2.4 m/mL. Which nursing intervention should be incorporated into the plan of care?