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A 76-year-old patient is admitted with a history of heart failure and now presents with pulmonary edema. What pathophysiologic process is occurring?

A client reports extreme pain in the supra-pubic area that started yesterday. He also reports a constant urge to urinate but has only been able to produce a few drops with intense straining. The nurse palpates a distended bladder and vital signs show tachycardia and hypertension. Based on this information, what is the most likely cause of the patient’s symptoms?

The nurse is teaching a female client with a family history of urinary incontinence. The client states, “My mother and grandmother said, it is just a fact of life, there is nothing that can help me get rid of this.” Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

What is the maximum number of atoms to which a single carbon can bind?

What are the criteria for a good hypothesis? 

A covalent bond can best be described as:

The smallest unit of an element that still retains the property of an element is a(n):

In a scientific study evaluating the beneficial effects of caffeine on the elderly, who would be the best subjects to test?

A client is taking a medication known to cause hypokalemia.  What lab value should the nurse monitor?  

Which term describes the the time it takes for the amount of drug in the body to decrease to one half of the peak level it previously achieved?