Correct Answer: B

The challenge when intervening with clients who might harm themselves is to maintain client safety while

facilitating behavior change.

Enlisting the client to identify the triggers for self-harm makes the client an active participant in treatment.

Nurses are less judgmental when they understand the source of the behavior and can be sensitive to client

feelings.

Correct Answer: B

The Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital cardiac disorder that is classified as a cyanotic, rather than acyanotic, congenital heart disorder that is characterized with abnormal cardiac anomalies. There is no relationship between the Tetralogy of Fallot and reflexes or breastfeeding.

Correct Answer: B

An average newborn's stomach empties every 1.5 hours, so common feeding times occur about every 2 hours during a 24-hour period; therefore, 10 to 12 feedings per day is typical. Frequent breastfeeds increase a mother's prolactin levels, and high prolactin levels are required to establish an adequate milk supply. A higher-frequency of feedings help babies compensate for the lower caloric density of the milk.

Correct Answer: B

The client's legally responsible party may make the decision for organ donation if the client is unable to do so. The donor (or legally responsible party for the donor), the physician, and the organ-procurement organization are all involved in the process regarding whether organ donation is appropriate for a specific donor.

Correct Answer: D

Because Hispanic people represent a large percentage of migrant workers in the United States, many work in agricultural settings and might be exposed to pesticides, putting them at higher risk than the other groups.

Correct Answer: B

Eclampsia is a disorder of pregnancy characterized by hypertension, proteinuria, and edema. This

condition can cause seizure and/or coma. Placenta previa and abruptio placentae are abnormal conditions

that can cause bleeding, particularly in the third trimester.

Uterine rupture is a major obstetrical emergency that can cause bleeding internally and externally.

Correct Answer: B

The liver is the primary organ for digestion. Liver function tests measure the blood level of enzymes produced by the liver: prothrombin time/partial prothrombin time, serum glutamic oxaloacetic and pyruvic transaminases, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, albumin, and alkaline phosphatase. Triglyceride level measures the body's ability to clear triglycerides, the primary component of fats. Failure to clear triglycerides from the bloodstream indicates a problem with storage or the ingestion of too much fat. A glucose tolerance test measures the blood glucose at intervals after a glucose-rich solution is ingested; it is used for diagnosing diabetes.

A complete blood count is used to evaluate blood components.

Correct Answer: C

Correct Answer: D

Hemoglobin electrophoresis is used to differentiate between sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease.

Correct Answer: D

Thrombocytopenia is an abnormal decrease in the number platelets, which results in bleeding tendencies.

Erythrocytosis is an abnormal increase in the number of circulating red blood cells.

Leukocytosis is an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.

Polycythemia is also an excess of red blood cells and is a synonym for erythrocytosis.

With chemotherapy there is a decrease in red and white blood cells, not an increase.