A patient recovering from a thyroidectomy is being assessed for tetany. What is the most likely cause of tetany after this surgery?

A patient is suspected as having a fractured skull. When explaining this pathology to the patient, how should the nurse describe the joints between the cranial bones?

A patient, age 89, has had a right below-the-knee amputation and complains of right foot pain. The physician told him that he is suffering from “phantom pain” in his amputated extremity. He asks the nurse to explain phantom pain. The most appropriate response would be:

A patient is prescribed levothyroxine (Synthroid) for hypothyroidism. Which statement should the nurse include when teaching the patient about this medication?

An illness that is long lasting or recurs is referred to as being

The nurse is assisting with developing a plan of care of the client with multiple myeloma. Which is a priority nursing intervention for this client?

This antibody class is able to pass through the placenta to protect the fetus.

Which of these cells are most numerous at the site of a chronic infection?

The unresponsiveness of our lymphocytes to our own body cells is called __________.

Which of these proteins are released by virus-infected cells and help protect surrounding uninfected cells.