Answer to Question 1
ANS: C
Many times, patients with active tuberculosis are essentially symptom free. Some complain of malaise and/or fevers but have no significantly disruptive complaints. When respiratory symptoms occur with tuberculosis, cough is common; the cough is nonproductive at first and is later associated with sputum production. Additionally, patients with tuberculosis may experience progressive dyspnea, night sweats, weight loss, and hemoptysis. It is important to suspect tuberculosis when the patient has travelled to a country where TB is endemic, such as Asia.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: C
In pneumonia, chest film typically reveals an area of infiltrate. It is a red flag if a pleural effusion is also visualized, in which case adequate follow-up to exclude development of an empyema is mandatory. This often involves prompt referral to a pulmonologist for possible thoracentesis. Cultures and Gram stains of sputum are usually not ordered for outpatients.
GI endoscopy. (a) Similar to other forms of GI endoscopy, laparoscopy involves the insertion of a sp
Nurse palpating the patient's brachial artery
Preparing the Patient’s Skin for Surgical Procedures
A goniometer is used to measure range of motion of the patient’s arm.
Common patient positions.