Parents are asking about an early intervention program for their child who has special needs. The nurse relates that this program is for which age of child?

A) Birth to 1 year of age
B) Birth to 3 years of age
C) Ages 1 to 4
D) Ages 4 and 5

The nurse is caring for a patient who had a colostomy placed yesterday. The nurse should report which assessment finding $\mathbf{immediately}$ ?

A) Stoma is protruding from the abdomen.
B) Stoma is flush with the skin.
C) Stoma is purple.
D) Stoma is moist.

A nurse is preparing to perform a complete physical examination on a weak, older-adult patient with bilateral basilar pneumonia. Which position will the nurse use?

A) Prone
B) Sims'
C) Supine
D) Lateral recumbent

The nursing diagnosis health-seeking behaviour (nutrition and diet) related to desire to improve nutritional intake has been formulated for a client who has decided to change his eating habits to be more nutritionally sound.An appropriate outcome for this client would be which of the following?

A) Client will understand the importance of eating healthy.
B) Client will be able to lose weight.
C) Client will list foods that are nutritionally sound,low fat,and high fibre.
D) Client will appreciate the value of using the food guide pyramid.

Aggressive cancer therapy is planned for Mr.Renaulds,80.His nurse is stressed,wondering if the therapy will actually do more harm than good because of the toxic chemicals used.This nurse is struggling with which of the following principles?

A) Autonomy
B) Justice
C) Beneficence
D) Nonmaleficence

The response to auditory stimuli that can be measured independent of the patient's subjective response is:

A) auditory-evoked response.
B) pure tone audiometry.
C) tuning fork test.
D) Rinne test.

An older patient presents to the outpatient clinic with a chief complaint of headache and insomnia. In gathering the history, the nurse notes which factors as contributing to this patient's chief complaint?

A) The patient is responsible for caring for two school-age grandchildren.
B) The patient's daughter works to support the family.
C) The patient is being treated for hypertension and is overweight.
D) The patient has recently lost her spouse and needed to move in with her daughter.