The patient presents to the emergency department (ED) after cutting off the tip of his middle finger while using a butcher’s knife. Of note, the patient’s vital signs are normal and the patient reports the pain to be a 0 out of 10. The nurse suspects the patient has a lesion in which lobe of the brain?
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The nurse is the first responder after a child is pulled unresponsive from the pool. There is no pulse and no breathing. The nurse sends someone for the AED, instructs another person to call 911, and begins chest compressions. By looking transversely at the chest, select the depth to which the nurse compresses the chest, if each line represents an inch of compression.
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- Difficulty: 8
A patient with epilepsy asks whether he will know if a seizure is coming on. The nurse replies with which statement?
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- Difficulty: 7
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