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Includes 100 practice questions with correct answers and detailed rationales.
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Covers key areas: physical examination, vital signs, and clinical assessment techniques.
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Offers clinical tips to enhance practical application in nursing scenarios.
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Provides in-depth rationales to reinforce understanding of core concepts.
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Aligned with Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing’s curriculum standards.
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Supports HESI and NCLEX-RN preparation with focused remediation tools.
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Offers insights into the 2025 HESI Physical Assessment Exam format.
Preview
Nurses inquire about lifestyle behaviors in those patients with specific risk factors for
cataracts. Which characteristics are associated with risk factors for cataracts? Select
all that apply.
a. Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day
b. Having parents with cataracts
c. Chronic consumption of alcohol
d. Having a chronic disease, such as diabetes mellitus
e. Being Asian
f. Being a man – – correct ans- -a. Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day
c. Chronic consumption of alcohol
d. Having a chronic disease, such as diabetes mellitus
Correct: These are all risk factors for cataracts.
Incorrect: Having parents with cataracts is not a genetic or familial disorder. Being Asian
or a man are not risk factors, but being an African-American or being a woman are risk
factors.
A patient tells the nurse that she has smoked two packs of cigarettes a day for 20 years.
The nurse records this as how many pack-years?
a. 10
b. 20
c. 40
d. 60 – – correct ans- -c. 40
A This incorrect calculation was made by dividing 20 years by 2 packs.
B This is correct if the patient smoked 1 pack per day for 20 years.
C Two packs of cigarettes ´ 20 years = 40 pack-years.
D This is correct if the patient smoked 3 packs per day for 20 years or 2 packs a day for
30 years.
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