Answer to Question 1
ANS: C
Research indicates that stress causes a release of corticotropin-releasing factors that suppress the immune system. Studies indicate that psychiatric disorders such as mood disorders are sometimes associated with decreased functioning of the immune system. Research does not support a connection between many cancers and stress. There is a significant amount of re-search about stress and the body. Research has shown that there are some connections be-tween stress and physical disease.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: A
The hippocampus plays a major role in short-term memory and, hence, in learning. Taking the medication as prescribed and providing the education at a time when the patient is calm and relaxed is information or considerations that all patients should be given. The medication does not necessarily need to be crushed or dissolved since the stroke would not have caused difficulty with swallowing.
Taking a Patient’s Oral Temperature with an Electronic Thermometer
Proper placement and monitoring of an automatic blood pressure cuff will reduce the risk of injury o
Nurse palpating the patient's brachial artery
Selected Drugs Compatible with Breast-Feeding
Areas of sclerosis (see arrows) in the white matter of a patient with MS.
Risk assessment codes for an HIV-infected patient.