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HYPERTHYROIDISM IS ALSO KNOW AS
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GRAVES' DISEASE
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RATIONALE FOR USING PROPRANOLOL HYDROCHLORIDE (INDERAL) IN MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER?
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TO PREVENT BLEEDING FROM ESOPHAGEAL VARICES.
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S/S MOST CHARACTERISTIC OF ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS
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FLANK PAIN
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A PATIENT WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM WHO IS TAKING HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY MAY BE AT RISK FOR WHAT?
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HYPERGLYCEMIA
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FOLLOWING A THYROIDECTOMY, IT IS MOST IMPORTANT TO ASK THE PATIENT WHAT QUESTION TO ASSESS FOR BLEEDING?
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DO YOU HAVE A FEELING OF FULLNESS AT YOUR INCISION SITE?
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PRIORITY INTERVENTION FOR A PATIENT WITH HYPERTHYROIDISM WHO IS STARTED ON INDERAL?
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MONITOR PULSE AND PULSE PRESSURE.
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PATIENT TAKING SYNTHROID FOR HYPOTHYROIDISM. HOW LONG TO ACHIEVE FULL EFFECT?
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10 DAYS
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NURSING INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF A PATIENT WITH GRAVES' DISEASE?
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PROVIDE THE PATIENT WITH A QUIET ATMOSPHERE DURING MEALS.
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PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT T4?
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INCREASED NEUROMUSCULAR RESPONSE
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FINDING EXPECTED IN PATIENT WITH HYPERPARATHYROIDISM?
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FATIGUE
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WHAT CAUSES FATIGUE IN PATIENT WITH HYPERPARATHYROIDISM?
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CALCIUM IS CONCENTRATING IN BLOODSTREAM.
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PRIORITY INTERVENTION FOR A PATIENT WITH THYROID STORM AND A NURSING DIAGNOSIS OF ALTERED BODY TEMPERATURE?
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APPLY HYPOTHERMIA BLANKET.
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WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA?
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CATECHOLAMINE PRODUCING TUMOR.
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OLDER PATIENTS WITH HYPERTHYROIDISM COMMONLY PRESENT WITH WHAT?
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DIFFUSE PRURITUS.
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INTERVENTION MOST LIKELY TO ENHANCE COMFORT OF A PATIENT WITH HYPERTHYROIDISM?
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PROVIDE COOL ENVIRONMENT.
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DECREASED ERYTHROPOETIN SECONDARY TO END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE (ESRD) CAUSES WHAT?
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SHORTNESS OF BREATH
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PATIENT WITH ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY IS DIZZY AND EXPERIENCING NEUROMUSCULAR IRRITABILITY AND CONFUSUSION. WHAT LABORATORY FINDING WOULD YOU EXPECT?
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HYPONATREMIA
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WHAT CLINICAL MANIFESTATION WOULD YOU EXPECT IN PATIENT WITH GRAVES' DISEASE?
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NERVOUSNESS
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WHAT TYPE OF PATIENT IS AT RISK FOR GALLSTONES?
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OBESE
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WHAT IS THE ANTIDEPRESSANT EFFECT?
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MOOD ELEVATOR
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PATIENT WITH CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER AT END STAGE SHOULD BE MONITORED FOR WHAT?
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ASCITES
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WHAT LAB VALUE IS ELEVATED IN THE END STAGE OF CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER?
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AMMONIA
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PRIMARY NURSING DIAGNOSIS FOR PATIENT WITH ANOREXIA?
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ALTERED NUTRITION: LESS THAN BODY REQUIREMENTS
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WHAT SHOULD BE MEASURED WHEN ASSESING A PATIENT WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS?
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ABDOMINAL GIRTH
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DIAPHORESIS, TACHYCARDIA, AND HYPOTENTION ARE CLINCIAL SIGNS OF WHAT?
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HYPOGLYCEMIA
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CLINCIAL MANIFESTION OF CUSHING'S SYNROME?
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EDEMA (KIDNEY PROBLEMS)
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FOOD RESTRICTIONS WHILE ON MAO INHIBITORS?
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MSG (MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE)
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AFTER THYROIDECTOMY, MONITOR FOR?
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HYPOGLYCEMIA
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MOST IMPORTANT NURINSG INTERVENTION OF PATIENT WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS?
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MAINTAIN FLUID AND ELECTROYTE BALANCE
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PRIMARY NURSING ACTIONS FOR PATIENT WITH ANOREXIA?
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GIVE SUPPORT AT MEALTIME AND RECORD AMOUNT EATEN.
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PATIENT WITH ACUTE RENAL FAILURE. POSSIBLE CLINICAL MANIFESTION IS:
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METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
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ERICKSON PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE FOR A 10 YEAR OLD?
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INDUSTRY VS. INFERIORITY
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SIGNS FOUND IN PATIENT WITH HEPATITS A?
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DARK URINE, CLAY-COLORED STOOLS, YELLOW SKIN
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WHAT SHOULD BE RESTRICTED BEFORE A 24-HOUR VMA URINE TEST COLLECTION?
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COFFEE, TEA, COLA (CAFFEINE)
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DIET FOR PATIENT WITH GLOMERULONEPHRITIS?
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LOW PROTEIN
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WHAT IS THE BEST WAY FOR THE NURSE TO DEAL WITH A DEPRESSED PATIENT?
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TO INITIATE COMMUNICATION.
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WHAT IS THE CAUSE WHEN THE BODY CAN'T ABSORB FAT AND VITAMIN k?
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BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION
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PRIMARY NURSING ACTION IN PATIENT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?
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TO PREVENT INJURY
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PATIENT HAS INTRAPERITONEAL SHUNT. WHAT ASSESSMENT FINDING SHOULD THE NURSE REPORT?
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INCREASED ABDOMINAL GIRTH
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A MAN IS DIAGNOSED WITH HAVING PARANOID DELUSIONS. ACCORDING TO ERIKSON, THIS MAN FAILED WHAT DEVELOPMENTAL TASK?
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TRUST VS. MISTRUST
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A symptom of autism childhood onset (2 years old) is:
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Unable to focus due to impulsiveness and inattention
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The blood level in hypoparathyroidism will show what?
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Decrease in calcium
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WHAT CAUSES ANEMIA IN PATIENT WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE?
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ERYTHROPOETIN PRODUCTION BY KIDNEYS DECREASES
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APPROPRIATE NURSING DIAGNOSIS FOR PATIENT WITH EXOTHALMUS?
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BODY IMAGE DISTURBANCE
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NURSING INTERVENTION TO PROMOTE ADEQUATE NUTRTION INTAKE FOR PATIENT WITH GRAVES' DISEASE?
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PROVIDE RELAXED, QUIET ENVIRONMENT
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WHAT CLINICAL SIGN DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE IN A PATIENT WHO HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF VASOPRESSIN?
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EDEMA
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NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR SICKLE CELL CRISIS
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APPLY LOCAL HEAT TO THE JOIN AND ANTICIPATE PAIN.
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A NURSING INTERVENTION FOR MILD HYPOTHYROIDISM IS
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TO PROMOTE ACTIVITY
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NUTRITION NEEDS FOR GRAVES' DISEASE
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HIGH CALORIE DIET
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PATIENT IS HYPERVIGILANT AND HAS DEJAVU. THESE ARE S/S OF WHAT?
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POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
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DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PATIENT WITH LIVER CIRRHOSIS
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USE SOFT BRISTLE TOOTHBRUSH
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ANGRY PATIENT IS ACTING OUT. WHAT SHOULD NURSE DO?
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SET LIMITS AND REDIRECT ANGER
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IN DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, KUSSMAULS BREATHING IS DONE TO:
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GET RID OF CO2
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WHAT DRUG IS USED TO DRY SECRETIONS BEFORE SURGERY?
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ATROPINE SULFATE
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LAB TEST GIVING THE MOST SPECIFIC INDICATION OF KIDNEY DISEASE?
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SERUM CREATININE
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A THIAMINE DEFICIENCY IF SEEN IN WHAT TYPE OF PATIENT?
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ALCOHOLIC
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A PATIENT WITH RENAL CALCULI SHOULD NOT DRINK WHAT?
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MILK
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WHAT ARE ABNORMAL LAB VALUES IN A PATIENT WITH LAENNEC'S CIRRHOSIS?
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LIVER FUNCTION TEST IS ELEVATED
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WHY WOULD A PATIENT'S PROLIXIN BE DISCONTINUED?
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IF SERUM CREATININE AND/OR IS ABNORMAL AND WBC ARE DEPRESSED
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ANTABUSE (DISULFIRAM) TREATMENT IS USED TO:
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PREVENT SPORADIC DRINKING IMPULSES
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WHAT S/S WILL BE EVIDENT IN THE OLIGURIC PHASE OF RENAL FAILURE?
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HYPERNATREMIA
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WHAT LAB TESTS SHOULD BE DRAWN FOR A PATIENT ABOUT TO START LITHIUM THERAPY?
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BEST ANSWER IS LIVER FUNCTION TEST; ALSO, CARDIAC ENZYMES
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THE ONSET OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE SYMPTOMS MAY BE DESCRIBED AS?
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INSIDIOUS
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ABRUPT WITHDRAWAL OF STEROID TREATMENT CAUSES WHAT?
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ADDISON'S DISEASE
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WHAT BODY IMAGE DISTURABNCE WOULD A PATIENT WITH CUSHING'S SYNROME HAVE?
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TOOTHPICK EXTREMITIES
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IMPROVEMENT IS INDICATED IN PATIENT WITH GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WHEN THERE IS A DECREASED IN WHAT?
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ESR
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MA YELOMENINGOCELE CAUSES WHAT IN THE THE LOWER EXTREMITIES?
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FLACCID PARALYSIS
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MEDICATION FOR NAUSEA AND VOMITING DUE TO CHOLECYSTITIS?
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COMPAZINE, MECLAZINE, TIGAN
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WHAT MED IS GIVEN TO PATIENT WITH ADDISON'S DISEASE?
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IV CORTISOL
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WHY IS IV CORTISOL GIVEN TO PATIENT WITH ADDISON'S DISEASE?
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FOR PROFOUND HYPOTENSION
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PAIN MED USED IN ACUTE PANCREATITIS?
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DEMEROL
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CLINICAL SIGN OF DECREASED AMMONIA LEVEL
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DECREASED CONSCIOUSNESS
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WHAT HORMONE IS DEFICIENT IN PATIENT WITH DIABETES INSIPIDUS?
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ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE (ADH)
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WHY WOULD TINGLING OF THE FINGERS AND EXTREMITIES BE REPORTED AFTER A THYROIDECTOMY?
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DAMAGE TO THE PARATHYROID GLAND
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EXPECTED OUTCOME OF KAYEXALATE THERAPY
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DECREASED POTASSIUM LEVEL
TEST TIP: DO NOT SELECT HYPOKALEMIA |
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PATENCY OF AV SHUNT IN HEMODIALYSIS IS CONFIRMED BY PRESENSE OF A?
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BRUIT
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WHAT IS THE MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS FOR A PATIENT WITH PROTEIN ABSORPTION PROBLEMS?
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LIVER DISORDER
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ACUTE PANCREATITIS LAB VALUES WOULD INDICATE WHAT?
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INCREASED GLUCOSE AND LIPIDS AND DECREASED CALCIUM AND POTASSIUM
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CONGENITAL DISLOCATION OF THE HIP CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS ARE:
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GLUTEAL FOLDS WITH DEEPER CREASES APPARENT ON AFFECTED SIDE AND HIP ABDUCTION (ORTOLANI'S CLICK)
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NURSING ACTION FOR DEPRESSED PATIENT WITH NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS?
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STAY WITH PATIENT DURING MEAL
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NURSING ACTION FOR PATIENT BEFORE PARACENTESIS?
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LET PATIENT VOID FIRST
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A CHILD FAILS TO GROW ABOVE THE THIRD PERCENTILE IN TWO YEARS. WHAT IS THE CLINICAL MANIFESTATION?
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HYPOPITUITARISM
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INTERVENTION FOR PATIENT WITH GALACTOSEMIA
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DO NOT GIVE DAIRY PRODUCTS
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SIGN OF TRANSPLANT REJECTION?
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HYPERTENSION
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TREATMENT FOR PSYCHOGENIC AMNESIA
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HYPNOSIS
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CLINICAL MANIFESTIONS OF DIABETES INSIPIDUS
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POLYDIPSIA, POLYURIA, SPECIFIC GRAVITY 1.001-1.005, HIGH SERUM OSMOLALITY
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WHY USE LUGOL'S SOLUTION BEFORE A THYROIDECTOMY?
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TO DEVASCULARIZE THE GLAND
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HOW SHOULD PATIENT BE POSITIONED AFTER A LIVER BIOSPY?
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ON RIGHT SIDE WITH PILLOW UNDERNEATH
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POST-OP CONDITION AT RISK FOR AFTER REMOVAL OF GALLBLADDER?
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ATELECTASIS
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HOW DO YOU WASH THE FEET OF A DIABETIC PATIENT?
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IN TEPID WATER AND PAT DRY; DON'T FORGET BETWEEN TOES
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NURSING INTERVENTION FOR PATIENT WITH ESOPHAGEAL BALLOON TAMPONADE (20mmHg)?
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KEEP SCISSORS AT BEDSIDE TO CUT TIP
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WHAT LABS SHOULD BE CHECKED BEFORE LIVER BIOPSY?
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PT AND PLATELETS
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DRUG OF CHOICE FOR MANIC-DEPRESSION
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LITHIUM
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PATIENT WITH ESOPHAGEAL VARICES SHOULD BE CHECK FOR?
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PORTAL HYPERTENSION
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DEFINITIVE DIAGNOSITC TEST FOR DIABETES
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GTT(GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST)
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WHAT IS THE CHEMICAL PROCESS THAT OCCURS TO CAUSE KETONES TO APPEAR IN URINE?
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FAT DESTRUCTION
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NURSING ACTION FOR PATIENT EXPERIENCING ANXIETY?
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TO REDUCE STIMULI
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CLINICAL SIGN OF ESOPHAGEAL VARICES IS:
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HEMATEMESIS
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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF PATIENT WITH DIABETES KETOACIDOSIS?
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KUSSMAUL'S BREATHING AND ACETONE BREATH
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SIDE-EFFECT OF DILANTIN
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GUM HYPERPLASIA
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WHAT TYPES OF PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN WITH HEPATITIS A PATIENT?
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ENTERIC
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DIET FOR A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC PANCREATITIS?
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LOW-FAT, BLAND
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WHAT KIND OF FOODS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO A MANIC-DEPRESSIVE TO SUPPLY ADEQUATE NUTRITION?
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FINGER FOODS
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PATIENT WITH HYPOPARATHYROIDISM HAS WHAT ELECTROYLTE BALANCE?
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HYPOCALCEMIA
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PORTAL VEIN HYPERTENSION IS ASSOCIATE WITH WHAT?
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LIVER CIRRHOSIS
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WHAT IS A LONG-TERM COMPLICATION OF DIABETES MELLITUS?
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DIABETIC NEUROPATHY
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WHAT IS AGORAPHOBIA?
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A FEAR OF OPEN, CROWDED SPACES
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A FIXED FALSE BELIEF
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A DELUSION
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A RARE AND POTENTIALLY FATAL S/E OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION IS?
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NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME
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THE TREATMENT FOR PHOBIA IS CALLED?
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DESENSITIZATION
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NURSING ACTION FOR PATIENT WITH HYPOTHYROIDISM HAS COLD INTOLERANCE.
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GIVE BLANKET
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S/S OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS
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CONSTANT EPIGASTRIC ABDOMINAL PAIN RADIATING TO THE BACK AND FLANK WHICH IS MORE INTENSE IN SUPINE POSITION
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COMPLICATION OF RENAL DIALYSIS
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DESTRUCTION OF RBCS
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WHAT IS THE SIGN OF OBSTRUCTIV JAUNDICE?
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EXCESSIVE ITCHING OF THE SKIN
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ADOLESCENT WITH ANOREXIA WITH BODY IMAGE DISTURBANCE. WHAT ACTIVITY WOULD BE APPROPRIATE?
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ART CLASS
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MUSCLE WEAKNESS, FLACCID PARALYSIS, BRADYCARDIA, OLIGURIA, AND MUSCLE CRAMPS ARE S/S OF WHAT ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE?
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HYPOKALEMIA
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MUSCLE WEAKNESS, HYPOTENSION, SHALLOW RESPIRATIONS, APATHY, AND ANOREXIA ARE S/S OF WHAT ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE?
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HYPERKALEMIA
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HOW IS ASCITES ASSESSED?
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INCREASE IN ABDOMINAL GIRTH MEASUREMENT
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WHAT S/S SHOULD A PATIENT ON SYNTHROID THERAPY REPORT?
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TACHYCARDIA
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WHY SHOULD SYNTHROID NOT BE TAKEN WITH FOOD?
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IT MAY INTERFERE WITH ABSORPTION
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HOW LONG IS SYNTHROID TAKEN FOR HYPOTHYROIDISM?
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FOR A LIFETIME...NO CURE!
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DIET RECOMMENDED FOR ACUTE RENAL FAILURE PATIENT?
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LOW-PROTEIN DIET WITH ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS AND VITAMINS
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A NURSE CAN EXPECT TO SEE WHAT IN A CHILD WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROM?
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WEIGHT GAIN AND EDEMA
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WHAT IS THE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN HYPOTHYROIDISM?
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SYNTHROID
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WHAT IS A BUFFALO HUMP?
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AN ABNORMAL ADIPOSE TISSUE DISTRIBUTION IN CUSHING'S SYNROME
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WHAT IS THE FOCUS IN THE PLAN OF CARE OF PATIENT ON CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY?
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TO PREVENT INFECTION
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WHY IS THE URINE SPECIFIC GRAVITY LOW IN PATIENT WITH DIABETES INSIPIDUS?
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THE HYPOTHALAMUS DOESN'T PRODUCE ENOUGH ADH OR VASOPRESSIN FOR THE KIDNEYS TO RESPOND TO ADH
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WHAT IS THE URINE SPECIFIC GRAVITY IN A PATIENT WITH DIABETES INSIPIDUS?
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1.001-1.005
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POSSIBLE PRE-RENAL CAUSES OF ACUTE RENAL FAILURE?
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CONDITIONS THAT DECREASE BLOOD FLOW SUCH AS HYPOVOLEMIA, SHOCK, BURNS AND DIURETIC THERAPY
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A PATIENT WITH OCD (OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER) REPETITIVELY COUNTS PAPERCLIPS D/T/ STRESS AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. WHAT IS MOST APPROPRIATE NURSING DIAGNOSIS?
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ALTERED ROLE PERFORMANCE
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BEST CANDIDATE FOR SHORT-TERM DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY?
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PATIENT WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
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WHAT S/S WOULD THE NURSE EXPECT TO FIND IN A PATIENT WITH NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME?
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HIGH FEVER AND MUSCLE RIGIDITY
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WHICH IS MOST IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER IN DEVELOPING A PLAN OF CARE FOR A PERSON EXPERIENCING UNRESOLVED ANGER?
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WHEN ANGER IS TURNED INWARDS, IT CAN BECOME DEPRESSION
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A CHILD WHO HAS AN AUTISTIC DISORDER IS LIKELY TO DISPLAY SYMPTOMS BY WHAT AGE?
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4 MONTHS
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WHICH S/S IS ASSOCIATE WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER?
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PERSISTANT FEELINGS OF DETACHMENT FROM OTHERS
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A STANDARD ANTIPSYCHOTIC MED SUCH AS HALDOL IS MOST EFFECTIVE IN MODIFYING WHICH SYMPTOM OF SCHIZOPHRENIA?
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DELUSIONS OF PERSECUTION
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IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE EXPECTED IN PATIENT WITH MANIC S/S WHEN TEGRETOL (CARBAMAZPINE) IS AT WHAT LEVEL?
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6-8 MG/L
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WHAT ACTION SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF THERAPY FOR A NURSE WORKING WITH THE FAMILY OF A PATIENT WITH ANOREXIA?
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IMPROVING COMMUNICATION AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS
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SETTING LIMITS WITH A PATIENT WHO IS MANIPULATIVE BENEFITS THE PATIENT IN WHICH WAY?
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THE PATIENT IS ABLE TO GAIN SELF-EMPOWERMENT IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS.
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A PATIENTS TELL THE NURSE MANY DETAILS ABOUT HIS SON'S DEATH BUT SAYS HE FEELS NO PAIN OR LOSS. WHICH DEFENSE MECHANISM IS HE USING?
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INTELLECTUALIZATION
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A PATIENT PRESENTS WITH A HISTORY OF UNEXPLAINED PAIN IN 6 DIFFERENT BODY AREAS. ALL TESTS ARE NEGATIVE. THIS IS CALLED WHAT?
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SOMATIZATION DISORDER
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WHAT CHARACTERISTIC SHOULD THE NURSE EXPECT IN A PATIENT WITH BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER?
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EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY
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TO DATE, WHAT DISORDER HAS THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE OF GENETIC INVOLVEMENT?
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ALZHEIMER'S
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WHICH RESULT SHOULD THE NURSE EXPECT WHEN USING REMINISCENCE THERAPY WITH OLDER PATIENTS?
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INCREASED SELF-ESTEEM
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WHICH DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IS USED TO REVEAL STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ABNORMALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS?
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POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET)
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AN 18 MONTH-OLD EXHIBITS PREOCCUPATION WITH OBJECTS, SELF-STIMULATING BEHAVIORS, AND ABSENSE OF ATTACHMENT. THESE ARE S/S OF WHAT?
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AUTISM
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ACCORDING TO KOHLBERG'S THEORY OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT, WHAT BEHAVIOR IS MOST DESCRIPTIVE OF A CHILD WHO HAS ACHIEVED INTERNALIZATION?
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THE CHILD INCORPORATES SELF-GENERATED STANDARDS INTO HIS/HER PERSONALITY.
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WHICH FACTOR IS ASSOCIATED WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG OLD ADULTS?
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HAVING LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURSES.
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WHICH LAB TEST SHOULD THE NURSE MONITOR DURING TREATMENT OF DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS TO AVOID SERIOUS COMPLICATONS OF RAPID FLUID INFUSION/
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SERUM POTASSIUM
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CLINICAL MANIFESTION MOST INDICATIVE OF IMPENDING HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN PATIENT WITH LIVER FAILURE?
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DISORIENTATION
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APPROXIMATELY WHAT PERCENTAGE OF A DIET FOR A PATIENT WITH DIABETES MELLITUS SHOULD BE CARBS?
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50-60%
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WHICH TEST PROVIDES THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION WHEN DIAGNOSISNG CHRONIC PANCREATITIS?
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ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP_
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NARCOTIC ANALGESIC CONTRAINDICATED FOR PANCREATITIS?
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MORPHINE
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RATIONALE FOR INCORPORATING MASSAGE INTO THE PLAN OF CARE FOR A PATIENT WITH IMPAIRED LIVER FUNCTION?
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TO PROMOTE MOBILIZATION OF EDEMA
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WHICH CO-EXISTING CONDITION SHOULD THE NURSE RECOGNIZE IN THE PATIENT WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS?
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PLEURAL EFFUSION
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S/S OF RECURRENT ENCEPHALOPATHY CAN BE ASSESSED FOR HOW?
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BY OBTAINING A SAMPLE OF THE PATIENT'S HANDWRITING ON A DAILY BASIS.
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