How should the nurse advise a patient who has severe vertigo from labyrinthitis?
a. Lean against a wall and not head forward until vertigo lessens.
b. Bend at the waist and take several deep breaths.
c. Drink an iced drink slowly.
d. Lie immobile and hold the head in one position until the vertigo lessens.
Question 2What should the nurse advise the 20-year-old to do who has been put on cefaclor (Ceclor) for a resistant otitis media?
a. Store suspension at room temperature
b. Discontinue drug when symptoms abate
c. Avoid alcoholic beverages
d. Take with meals only
Question 3What should the nurse remind the hearing aid wearer to do when the nurse hears a whistling hearing aid?
a. Reinsert the ear mold
b. Change the battery
c. Recharge the hearing aid
d. Wash the ear mold with warm water
Question 4The nurse takes into consideration that the Weber test indicated a conductive hearing loss in a patient because the patient reported hearing the tone:
a. equally in both ears.
b. as a shrill noise.
c. louder in his affected ear.
d. very faintly.
Question 5An alternative remedy, ____________ , is used by men for the treatment of impotence.
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Question 6The nurse gives discharge instructions to a person who has had a modified radical mastectomy of the right side to perform the elbow pull-in. Place the steps of the exercise in appropriate order.
(Separate letters by a comma and space as follows: A, B, C, D)
a. Pull elbows forward until they touch
b. Lower and straighten the arms
c. Extend arms sideways to shoulder level
d. Bring elbows back and extend arms
e. Clasp hands behind neck
Question 7Which of the following are true of the Gardasil vaccine? (Select all that apply.)
a. It requires two more immunizations at 6 months after the first dose
b. It reduces incidence of cervical cancer
c. It reduces the incidence of human papilloma virus (HPV)
d. It can be given only to females
e. It should be given before a person becomes sexually active
f.
It is safe for people as young as 8 years of age
Question 8The nurse is assisting the physician in removing a small sample of tissue from the patient's cervix to have it evaluated. This procedure is called a cervical _______________.
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Question 9A ___________ is performed to evaluate living tissue to establish or confirm a diagnosis or to follow the course of a disease.
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Question 10________are produced in the seminiferous tubules and stored in the epididymis.
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