A patient experiencing immotile cilia syndrome should be frequently assessed by the nurse for which priority complication? Answers: A. Epistaxis resulting from loss of cilia in the nasal passageway B. Sterility caused by inability of the sperm to swim downstream C. Bronchiectasis due to interferences with clearance of inhaled bacteria along the respiratory tract D. […]
In the context of a workshop on rheumatoid arthritis, a clinical educator is teaching a group of nurses about autoimmune diseases. Which of the following statements by an attendee would the educator most likely want to follow up with further teaching? Answers: A. “Often the problem can be traced to antigens that sensitize T cells […]
Which of the following pregnant women has most likely encountered the greatest increase in the risk that her child will have a fetal anomaly? Answers: A. A woman with diagnoses of syphilis and cirrhosis of the liver B. A woman who has herpes simplex and who has recently recovered from endocarditis C. A woman with […]
In which of the following individuals would a clinician most suspect multiple myeloma as a diagnosis? Answers: A. A 70-year-old woman whose blood work reveals large numbers of immature granulocytes B. A 68-year-old former coal miner who has white cell levels exponentially higher than normal ranges C. A 40-year-old man who has had three broken […]