Question 1
1 out of 1 points
A patient has defective secretion of the intrinsic factor leading to anemia. What treatment option
does the
... [Show More] healthcare professional discuss with the patient?
Selected
Answer:
Vitamin B 12 injections initially given once a week.
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A health care professional is teaching a group of college women about increasing calcium in the diet
to prevent osteoporosis. A participant asks at what age is peak bone mass is reached in women.
What response is best?
Selected
Answer:
30 years
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional in an urban clinic is seeing a patient who has iron deficiency anemia (IDA).
What question by the professional is most appropriate to assess for the cause of IDA?
Selected Answer: 1cHave you ever noticed any blood in your stool? 1d
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Question 4
1 out of 1 points
How should the healthcare professional reply when parents question why a computed tomographic
(CT) scan of the head was not ordered for their 5-year-old child after a minor fall?
Selected
Answer:
Research suggests that repeated CT scans can increase the risk of developing
brain cancer.
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A health care professional determines that the student needs more education when the student
makes which statement about treating bone infection?
Selected
Answer:
Bacteria are walled off by macrophages and T lymphocytes; consequently, the
antibiotics cannot penetrate the infected area.
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Which statement by the professor best describes acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
Selected
Answer:
A pulmonary disease characterized by severe hypoxemia, decreased pulmonary
compliance, and the presence of bilateral infiltrates on chest x-ray imaging
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
What is the effect of low plasma albumin?
Selected
Answer:
Osmotic pressure decreases; thus water moves from the capillaries to the
interstitium.
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been hospitalized with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The patient asks how this could
have occurred. What response by the healthcare professional is best?
Selected Answer: It is often preceded by a viral illness. [Show Less]