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Chapter 10- Antiviral Agents 1. The nurse explains why viruses are so difficult to treat when making what statement? A) Viruses are contained inside the human cell and cannot be destroyed without destroying the cell. B) Release of interferons by the host cell makes the virus replicate more quickly allowing the virus to spread. C) Drugs exist to treat all viral infections but they carry serious adverse effects and the benefit often does not outweigh the risk. D) Individual antiviral drugs ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which statement can a nurse use to best describe the Stuart Stress Adaptation Model to someone who is unfamiliar with it? a. “The model recognizes the limitations of the nursing process and organizes treatment along critical pathways.” b. “The model bases psychiatric nursing practice on principles derived from nursing science and establishes generic goals for each discrete stage of psychiatric treatment.” c. “The model integrates biopsychosociocultural, environ...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. When assigned to a newly admitted patient with AIDS, the nurse says, “I’m pregnant. It is not safe for me or my baby if I am assigned to his case.” Which is the most appropriate response by the charge nurse? a. “This patient would not be a risk for your baby if you use standard precautions and avoid direct contact with blood or body fluids.” b. “You should ask for a transfer to another unit because contact with this patient would put you and your baby at risk...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. While being prepared for a biopsy of a lump in the right breast, the patient asks the nurse about the difference between a benign tumor and a malignant tumor. Which answer by the nurse is correct? a. “Benign tumors do not cause damage to other tissues.” b. “Benign tumors are likely to recur in the same location.” c. “Malignant tumors may spread to other tissues or organs.” d. “Malignant cells reproduce more rapidly than normal cells.” ANS: C The m...

1. (p. 34) According to the MARS model of individual behavior and performance, employee performance will remain high even if one of the four factors is low in a given situation. FALSE All four factors in the MARS model are critical influences on an individual's voluntary behavior and performance; if any one of them is low in a given situation, the employee would perform the task poorly. 2. The MARS model identifies the four main factors that influence individual behavior: motivation, a...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse is teaching a health class about the gastrointestinal tract. The nurse will explain that which portion of the digestive tract absorbs most of the nutrients? a. Ileum b. Cecum c. Stomach d. Duodenum ANS: D The duodenum and jejunum absorb most nutrients and electrolytes in the small intestine. The ileum absorbs certain vitamins, iron, and bile salts. Food is broken down in the stomach. The cecum is the beginning of the large intestine. DIF:Understand (compre...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1.A patient has dehydration. While planning care, the nurse considers that the majority of the patient’s total water volume exists in with compartment? a. Intracellular b. Extracellular c. Intravascular d. Transcellular ANS: A Intracellular (inside the cells) Ԩuid accounts for approximately two thirds of total body water. Extracellular (outside the cells) is approximately one third of the total body water. Intravascular Ԩuid (liquid portion of theblood) and transcel...

1.1 Three Key Economic Ideas 1) Recent changes occurring within the U.S. health care system, including lower insurance reimbursement rates, have resulted in A) a growing number of doctor's choosing to open private practices. B) more medical practices being owned by hospitals than by individual doctors. C) a majority of hospitals closing routine medical practices in order to focus only on emergency care facilities. D) a majority of doctors working directly for insurance companies. Answer...

MULTIPLE CHOICE1. Which abnormal lab value would be found in a patient with a pathological condition of the liver? a. Hemoglobin b. Alkaline phosphatase c. pH 5.0 d. Ca– 125 ANS: B Liver enzyme tests are AST, ALT, LDH, alkaline phosphatase, and gamma GT. DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: Pages 232, 244 OBJ: 2 TOP: Diagnostic procedures KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity 2. The patient has cirrhosis of the liver and an albumin/globulin ratio ...

Quick Quiz 1 1. Two types of glial cells, called and , generate myelin. a) occipital; lobitical b) oligodendrocytes; Schwann cells c) occipital; Schwann d) oligodendrocytes; lobitical 2. neurotransmitters make it more likely that a neuron will send its message to other neurons, whereas neurotransmitters make it less likely that a neuron will send its message. a) Excitatory; inhibitory b) Inhibitory; excitatory c) Augmentation; depletion d) Depletion; augmentation 3. Which of the foll...