The nurse palpates swollen nodes in a patient's neck who presented to the clinic with complaints of fatigue lasting at least 2 weeks. What is the nurse's best action?

A) Advise patient this finding is normal.
B) Review patient's thyroid labwork.
C) Perform deep tendon reflexes.
D) Notify the healthcare provider.

When caring for a middle-aged adult exhibiting maladaptive coping skills, the nurse is trying to determine the cause of the patient's behavior. Which information from a growth and development perspective should the nurse consider when planning care?

A) Individuals have uniform patterns of growth and development.
B) Culture usually has no effect on predictable patterns of growth and development.
C) Health is promoted based on how many developmental failures a patient experiences.
D) When individuals experience repeated developmental failures, inadequacies sometimes result.

A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has auditory hallucinations, delusions of grandeur, poor personal hygiene, and motor agitation. Which assessment finding would the nurse regard as a negative symptom of schizophrenia?

A) Auditory hallucinations
B) Delusions of grandeur
C) Poor personal hygiene
D) Motor agitation

A patient reports excruciating headache pain on one side of his head, especially around his eye, forehead, and cheek that has lasted approximately to 2 hours, occurring once or twice each day. What should the nurse suspect?

A) Hypertension
B) Cluster headaches
C) Tension headaches
D) Migraine headaches