A patient wants to calculate fertile days using the calendar ...

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A patient wants to calculate fertile days using the calendar method. What will the nurse instruct the patient to subtract when making this calculation?
 
  A) 14 from 28
  B) 18 from the shortest period and 11 from the longest
  C) 18 from the longest period and 11 from the shortest
  D) The length of the average period from the ideal of 28

Question 2

A mother reports that her child has episodes where he appears to be staring into space. This behavior is characteristic of which type of seizure?
 
  a. Absence
  b. Atonic
  c. Tonic-clonic
  d. Simple partial

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Answer to Question 1

B
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To calculate safe days, the patient should subtract 18 from the shortest cycle. This number predicts the first fertile day. Then subtract 11 from the longest cycle. This represents the last fertile day. The other calculations are incorrect to determine fertile days.

Answer to Question 2

A
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A Absence seizures are very brief episodes of altered awareness. The child has a
blank expression.
B Atonic seizures cause an abrupt loss of postural tone, loss of consciousness,
confusion, lethargy, and sleep.
C Tonic-clonic seizures involve sustained generalized muscle contractions
followed by alternating contraction and relaxation of major muscle groups.
D There is no change in level of consciousness with simple partial seizures. Simple
partial seizures consist of motor, autonomic, or sensory symptoms.