ATI LPN · Community Health · Chronic Disease Discussion Questions
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Certain drug classes may cause harm in patients with symptomatic (NYHA classes II-IV) reduced ejection Heart failure (HFrEF), and thus should be avoided. If they are strongly indicated, they are to be used with caution, and with close monitoring. Such drugs include all of the following except:
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Correct Answer: Nutritional supplements (e.g., coenzyme Q10, carnitine, taurine, and antioxidants)
Oxygen therapy is prescribed as long term continuous therapy (more than 15 hours/day) to
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Correct Answer: Improve QOL, reduce pulmonary arterial pressure and dyspnoea and increase survival
While performing an admission assessment for a client, the nurse notes that the client has varicose veins with ulcerations and lower extremity edema with a report of a feeling of heaviness. Which of the following nursing diagnoses should the nurse identify as the priority in the client's care?
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Correct Answer: Impaired skin integrity
An oncology nurse educator is providing health education to a patient who has been diagnosed with skin cancer. The patient's wife has asked about the differences between normal cells and cancer cells. What characteristic of a cancer cell should the educator cite?
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Correct Answer: Malignant cells contain proteins called tumor-specific antigens
The nurse is caring for a 55-year-old male who presented to this primary physician's office for his yearly check-up. Upon the physical assessment, the provider noted enlarged lymph nodes in the groin and neck region. The provider Questioned Joe regarding the possible causes of the finding. Which of the following diagnosis are consistent with this finding?
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Correct Answer: Lymphoma
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