Answer to Question 1
A, B, C, D
A genogram typically includes three generations and includes the patient. Thus a great-grandparent may not necessarily be included in a genogram for an adult patient. The genogram includes first-degree relatives, such as parents, siblings, and children, as well as second-degree relatives, such as aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, grandparents, and grandchildren. All family members by marriage, partnership, or adoption and step-family members also are included.
Answer to Question 2
B
Nicotine causes rapid dependence. Nicotine is a powerfully addictive substance capable of producing both tolerance and withdrawal symptoms. The widespread social acceptance of smoking has made it difficult to acknowledge that nicotine is no less an abused substance than heroin or cocaine.
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Patient teaching: heart assessment
Medical assistants are often involved in confidential conversations between the physician and the pa
An open chamber MRI may be more comfortable for the patient, but images may not be as distinct.
Indirect enzyme immunoassay. A patient's antibody reacts with the antigen, which is detected ...