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Chapter 70 Care of Patients with Breast Disorders Practice Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
What should be taken into consideration during the production stage of writing a risk assessment?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Involving employees ensures practical and realistic assessments.
Question 2 of 5
You are on a busy ward and a patient pulls you aside and tells you that they think their night time medication is making them sleep poorly. They tell you that their lack of sleep has prevented them from doing the morning crossword they enjoy. You decide to move their night medication to the morning. What aspect of person centred care have you acted in accordance with?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Moving the medication to accommodate the patient's preferences demonstrates personalisation in care.
Question 3 of 5
A 70-year-old patient sees you in the ambulatory clinic with worsening Parkinsonism. He was admitted 1 week ago for gastroenteritis and hypotension. Potential causes for his presenting complaint include the following except
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Metoclopramide can worsen Parkinsonism due to its dopamine-blocking effects. Dose reduction of Madopar (levodopa) or non-compliance could exacerbate symptoms. Disease progression is a plausible cause. Loperamide, an antidiarrheal, has no significant interaction with Parkinsonism or its medications.
Question 4 of 5
What is the main benefit of therapeutic massages is:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Particularly in the elderly adults, therapeutic massage will help improve circulation and muscle tone as well as the personal attention and social interaction that a good massage provides. A massage is contraindicated in any condition where massage to damaged tissue can dislodge a blood clot.
Question 5 of 5
A 36-year-old woman is receiving general anesthesia for a diagnostic laparoscopy in the Trendelenburg position with CO2 insufflation. During a 15-minute period after induction, her SpO2 decreases from 99% to 90% and the partial pressure of ETCO2 increases from 38 to 43 mmHg. FiO2 is 0.3; all ventilator settings have been constant. Which of the following etiologies is the MOST likely cause of the decrease in SpO2?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Trendelenburg position and CO2 insufflation can shift the endotracheal tube into the right mainstem bronchus, causing unilateral ventilation, reduced SpO2, and increased ETCO2.