A nursing student approaches the teacher and begins to share an ...

[maychende]

A nursing student approaches the teacher and begins to share an article she read regarding life expectancy. Which statement by the student would indicate that clarification is needed?
 
  a. A Caucasian female born in 2020 has a life expectancy of 82.4 years.
  b. Life expectancy for both men and women has increased.
  c. An African American female born in 2020 has a life expectancy of 72.6 years.
  d. There has been a gradual improvement in life expectancy since 1900.

Question 2

A woman arrives for evaluation of her symptoms, which include a missed period, adnexal fullness, tenderness, and dark red vaginal bleeding.
 
  On examination the nurse notices an ecchymotic blueness around the woman's umbilicus and recognizes this assessment finding as: a. Normal integumentary changes associated with pregnancy.
  b. Turner's sign associated with appendicitis.
  c. Cullen's sign associated with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy.
  d. Chadwick's sign associated with early pregnancy.

[jojobee318]

Answer to Question 1

C
The student's statement about the life expectancy of a female born in 2020 would need to be clarified. An African American female born in 2020 has a life expectancy of 79.2 years (not 72.6 years). The life expectancy of an African American male born in 2020 is 72.6 years. Women tend to have a longer life expectancy than men.

Answer to Question 2

C

Feedback
A Linea nigra on the abdomen is the normal integumentary change associated with pregnancy. It presents as a brown, pigmented, vertical line on the lower abdomen.
B Turner's sign is ecchymosis in the flank area, often associated with pancreatitis.
C Cullen's sign, the blue ecchymosis seen in the umbilical area, indicates hematoperitoneum associated with an undiagnosed ruptured intraabdominal ectopic pregnancy.
D Chadwick's sign is the blue-purple color of the cervix that may be seen during or around the eighth week of pregnancy.

[maychende]

Correct answers!

[jojobee318]

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