A nurse enters the room of a patient with cancer. The patientis crying and states, “I feel so alone.” Which statement is themost therapeutic?a. The nurse stands at the patient’s bedside and states, “Iunderstand how you feel. My mother said the same thingwhen she was ill.”b. The nurse places a hand on the patient’s arm and states,“You feel so alone.”c. The nurse stands in the patient’s room and asks, “Why doyou feel so alone? Your wife has been here every day.”d. The nurse holds the patient’s hand and asks, “What makesyou feel so alone?”

A client is being administered heparin IV and has been started on warfarin. The client asks the nurse why both medication have been prescribed. What is the nurse's most accurate response? A. "Warfarin takes 3-5 days to develop anticoagulant effects, and you still need heparin." B. "Warfarin cannot be given without heparin due to the amount of clotting you need." C. "After a certain period of time, you must start warfarin and heparin together." D. "You will need both warfarin and heparin several days."

What does the term 'asepsis' mean in nursing practice? A) Administering medications B) Providing emotional support C) Preventing the spread of infection D) Conducting physical examinations

Your pregnant patient has been admitted with a broken ankle from a fall. When you walk into the room, the woman is crying on the phone telling someone she is sorry, and it will not happen again. What would be your first action in response to hearing this?

An important function of Urgent Care centers is that:A.    Fills gaps in the delivery system B.    Increases the quality-of-care deliveryC.    Eliminates the need for ED careD.    Provides specialized surgical services

Which treatments would be valid strategies for a cancer that had become metastatic and spread to many parts of a patient's body? (select all that apply) Group of answer choices surgery targeted DNA repair inhibitors immunotherapy radiation therapy chemotherapy

Part I – SymptomsCallie was 26 years old when she opened a bakery called “Callie’s Cupcakes” in downtown San Francisco with herf ancé, Jeremy. Despite the competitive market, her business was booming; everyone loved the clever recipes and thetrendy atmosphere. Between running their fast-growing business and planning for their wedding, Callie hadn’t beenable to keep to her usual eight hours of sleep a night. Although she had always lived a very healthy lifestyle, exercisingdaily and eating healthy, she just hadn’t been feeling herself lately. She was tired all the time, had dif culty breathing,felt stressed, coughed up sputum, consistently ran a low-grade fever, and had lost weight as her appetite decreased.None of these symptoms alone had been particularly alarming so she had put of seeing her physician for a few weeks.Questions1. What are Callie’s symptoms? List all that were mentioned.2. Based on the symptoms presented, what are three possible respiratory infectious diseases Callie…

Write an explanation for what has happened to your friend.

According to the American Cancer Society, colon cancer screening should begin at age 50 for people at average risk. Imagine you have a family history of colon cancer. From your research, with reasons which procedures would your physician order for you and at what age ?

Last year during my medical–surgical clinical experience,I was taking care of Maggie Wyatt, a female patient in her30s, with an external fixation device on her right leg. The patient had broken her tibia, and had undergone three sur-geries to try to correct the fracture. Maggie’s current admis-sion was for the treatment of an infection caused by the external device in place to treat the fracture. I was assignedto care for her on the day that she was being discharged.Throughout the day, I formed a close bond with her, andthe nurse asked me to bring Maggie to her car when she was ready to leave. I was a little apprehensive about beingable to help her into the car with the external fixator in placebecause she could not bend her leg at all. I had a coupleof choices—I could take her down to the car myself andhope that there wouldn’t be any problem helping her getinto the car, or I could tell the nurse I didn’t feel comfortablebringing the patient to the car because I didn’t have…