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The nurse assessing an infant for intussusception will look for three classic signs and symptoms: colicky intermittent abdominal pain, vomiting, and which kind of stool?
 
  a. mustard or clay-colored c. frothy stools that float
  b. currant-jelly-like stools d. black tar-colored stools

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Freud developed the theory that the source of psychic energy that drives human behavior is:
 
  a. sexual need c. the id, ego, and superego
  b. work need d. the preconscious mind


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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

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A Incorrect. Three classic signs and symptoms of intussusception are: colicky intermittent abdominal pain, vomiting, but not mustard or clay-colored stool.
B Correct. The nurse assessing an infant for intussusception will look for three classic signs and symptoms: colicky intermittent abdominal pain, vomiting, and currant-jelly-like stools. The stool contains blood and mucus because the involved intestine becomes edematous and inflamed.
C Incorrect. Three classic signs and symptoms of intussusception are: colicky intermittent abdominal pain, vomiting, but not frothy stools that float.
D Incorrect. Three classic signs and symptoms of intussusception are: colicky intermittent abdominal pain, vomiting, but not black tar-colored stools.

Answer to Question 2

C

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A Incorrect. Freud developed the theory that the source of psychic energy that drives human behavior is psychosexual, but not based only upon sexual need.
B Incorrect. Freud developed the theory that the source of psychic energy that drives human behavior is not based only upon work need.
C Correct. Freud developed the theory that the source of psychic energy that drives human behavior has three components: the id, ego, and superego.
D Incorrect. Freud developed the theory that the source of psychic energy that drives human behavior is not based only upon the preconscious mind.


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