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laurencescou

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The pediatric nurse working in a community clinic assesses a 2-year-old patient who is short in stature (below the third percentile).
 
  The nurse suspects growth-hormone deficiency and begins a nursing assessment based on a diagnostic work-up to help confirm the diagnosis. The nurse's initial action is to:
  A) determine bone age by taking the child for an x-ray of the ankle.
  B) determine rate of growth by reviewing the child's growth charts.
  C) determine brain function by taking the child for a magnetic resonance imaging.
  D) determine growth-hormone release by reviewing the child's pituitary function tests.

Question 2

The perinatal nurse explains to the student nurse that the effects of the H1 receptor antagonists include:
  Select all answers that apply:
 
  A) Blocking histamine action at the receptor sites
  B) Decreasing anxiety
  C) Decreasing fetal heart rate variability
  D) Causing variable decelerations in the fetal heart rate


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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A, B, C


laurencescou

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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:D TYSM

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