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jayhills49

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Ms. Jimenez is a 27-year-old first-time mother who developed mastitis in the weeks following the birth of her infant.
 
  She was prescribed antibiotics and has informed the nurse that her symptoms of breast pain, redness, and swelling ceased 2 days after she began antibiotic therapy. As a result, Ms. Jimenez stopped taking her antibiotics and did not complete the ordered course. What nursing diagnoses should the nurse identify when planning health education for Ms. Jimenez? Select all that apply.
  A) Deficient knowledge
  B) Ineffective therapeutic regimen management
  C) Ineffective coping
  D) Health-seeking behaviors
  E) Impaired adjustment

Question 2

A patient has been admitted after the insertion of a pacemaker because of bradycardia. She asks what third-degree heart block is, and the nurse replies
 
  a. Coronary blood vessel occlusion causing slow contraction of the right ventricles.
  b. Sclerosis of cardiac valves causing slow pulse.
  c. A defect in AV junctions slows and impairs conduction of impulses from the SA node to the ventricles.
  d. Increased pressure in the pulmonary vessels.



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Answer to Question 1

A, B

Answer to Question 2

C
Atrioventricular block occurs when a defect in the AV junction slows or impairs conduction of impulses from the SA node to the ventricles.



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