A third-grade teacher seeks your professional help with an 8-year-old boy in her class. She tells you that Eddie’s behavior is highly disruptive because he is continually acting out his problems in a hostile or aggressive manner. He punches other children for no apparent reason, tears up others’ work, rarely follow instructions, continually talks at […]
Fifty-four–year-old Fred is complaining of a headache that started about 2 weeks ago. For the past 2 days, the headache has increased in severity, and he is photophobic and has uncial rigidity and projectile vomiting. CT scan results show an arteriovenous malformation in the basal artery and a small hemorrhagic bleed in the middle meningeal […]
Patient Profile: A 48-year-old female patient is scheduled for an incisional biopsy to evaluate a lump in her left breast. You are the nurse in the ambulatory care center where the procedure will take place. How ill you describe the surgery to the patient when she arrives at the clinic? If the biopsy is malignant, […]