The nurse suspects that an older adult patient may have difficulty hearing.What strategies will the nurse use in communicating with this patient until he is certain that there is hearing loss? Select all that apply.

A) Look directly at the patient when speaking
B) Speak more slowly than usual
C) Speak loudly toward the patient's ears
D) Allow some extra time for the patient to respond

What is true of legislated regulations from before 1964 as they affected managers?

A) They were non-existent.
B) They affected only those managers working in financial capacities.
C) They concerned only human resource managers.
D) They were essentially limited to the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act.

is the branch of medicine that pertains to the care of women during pregnancy,childbirth,and the postpartum period is:

A) oncology.
B) gynecology.
C) obstetrics.
D) prenatal.

While gathering an adolescent's health history, the nurse recognizes that the patient began to act out behaviorally and engaged in risky behavior when the patient's parents divorced. Which information will the nurse gather to determine situational low self-esteem?

A) How long the parents were married
B) How the patient views behaviors
C) Why the parents are divorcing
D) Why the patient is acting out of control

By which age should the nurse expect that most children could obey prepositional phrases such as "under," "on top of," "beside," and "behind"?

A) 18 months
B) 24 months
C) 3 years
D) 4 years

If the combining form neur/o means nerve,then what is a neurocyte?

A) a nerve impulse
B) a nerve sac
C) a nerve point
D) a nerve cell