A  patient has a question about the cause of pulmonary congestion related to left-sided heart failure. What is the best response by the nurse?

A patient was recently diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. In addition to fatigue and weakness, which of the following clinical signs and symptoms would they most likely exhibit (show)?

A 56-year-old is being seen as a new patient in a clinic. In the history of the patient they admit to smoking 2 packs of cigarettes/day and weigh about 300 pounds. Today their blood pressure is elevated at 155/95 mmHg and lab results show serum cholesterol is elevated at 295 mg/dL with a low HDL of 22 mg/dL. Which of the following is a non-modifiable risk factor associated with coronary artery disease?

What will the nurse educate the parents of a child who has recently been diagnosed with von Willebrand disease?

A patient has come to the emergency room in the middle of summer, complaining of pain after playing a baseball game with his friends at the park. He told the nurse that he has Sickle Cell anemia.  Which factors below can increase the patient’s risk for developing a sickle cell crisis? (Select all that apply)

What are common signs and symptoms of anemia?

How is Pernicious Anemia different from Folate Deficiency Anemia?

A patient is reporting chest pain to the nurse. The electrocardiogram reveals ST elevation. What should the nurse do first?

Q60. The first FDA-approved humanized monoclonal antibody, adalimumab (Humira), resulted in a ∼ 12% incidence of a therapeutic problem in a small percentage of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The problem was that they developed anti-therapeutic antibodies (ATA). This problem was subsequently reduced to ∼2–3% for patients receiving methotrexate which is a non-steroid anti-inflammatory and a mild immunosuppressant. What type of difference most likely led to the ATA response? 

Q59. Which of these is the principal antibody released during a T-independent immune response?