The growth of credit and consumerism further illustrated the disparity between  

A 54-year-old female patient with a history of hypothyroidism presents to the clinic for a follow-up. She has been taking levothyroxine 100 mcg daily. Her recent labs show a TSH of 8.2 mIU/L (normal: 0.4–4.0 mIU/L) and a free T4 that is slightly below the reference range. She reports persistent fatigue, weight gain, and cold intolerance. Which of the following is the most appropriate nursing action?

A 62-year-old woman with a history of hypothyroidism presents to the emergency department in a state of stupor. Her skin is cool and dry, and she is exhibiting shallow, slow respirations. Her blood pressure is 90/60 mmHg, heart rate 50 bpm, and temperature is 95°F (35°C). She is also showing signs of hypoglycemia and hyponatremia. What is the priority nursing intervention for this patient?

  Although Lenin wanted to establish, for the short term, a state-capitalist economic system in Russia that resembled the successful European wartime economies, the necessities of the civil war pushed the government to a more radical economic system known as  

  Although German scientists were the first to create a nuclear chain reaction, the first nuclear reactor, which was needed to build an atomic bomb, was constructed at the  

A patient receiving hemodialysis suddenly complains of nausea, restlessness, disorientation and a headache. The nurse notes twitching in the patient’s face and hands. Which complication should the nurse suspect?

  In a 1947 speech to Congress, the American president set out his policy of support for the resistance of “free peoples” to communism by tying politics to economics; it would be a choice between “two ways of life.” This policy was known as the ________ Doctrine.  

A nurse is teaching a patient who will begin long-term glucocorticoid therapy for chronic asthma. Which of the following statements by the patient indicates a need for further teaching?

  The arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union began in 1949 when the Soviet Union tested its own ________, a weapon on which the United States had a monopoly until that time.  

A nurse is caring for a 75-year-old woman with osteoporosis who recently sustained a vertebral compression fracture. The patient reports chronic back pain, difficulty walking without assistance, and a fear of falling. Which of the following is the most appropriate nursing diagnosis for this patient?