A nurse is teaching a group of patients about types of exercise. The nurse discusses types of activity, such as sprinting or weight lifting, where muscles obtain energy through metabolic pathways because they require more oxygen than the body is able to take in. The nurse correctly discusses that these are called what type of exercise?

You are caring for a patient with a suspected injury to the spine. You must immobilize the spine to prevent further injury to the patient. What method can you use to turn or reposition this patient?

A nurse performs a physical exam on a 75-year-old client admitted 33 days prior for bilateral pneumonia. Upon inspection of the client’s sacrum, the nurse notes intact skin with a blister present and partial- thickness loss of skin over the client’s sacrum. The nurse knows this would be classified as which stage pressure injury?

Vitamin C deficiency symptoms include: swollen and bleeding gums, a rough rash on the skin, wounds that heal slowly, and internal bleeding or

A poor Asian American refugee who has been eating polished white rice has been experiencing loss of appetite, weight loss, memory loss, confusion, muscle weakness, pain, numbness, and tingling in the feet and hands. Her diagnosis is

The processes by which the body regulates heat production is

As the outside temperature increases, marathon runners need to drink ________ water.

Water that is formed in the body as a result of metabolic reactions is called

A substance which increases the production of urine is called a

Permanent birth defects in which a portion of the spinal cord and its protective membranes protrude from the vertebral column is called