Which of the following statements is INCORRECT? The treatment of diabetes in traditional Chinese medicine involves
- A. Formula for Diabetes (Xiaoke Fang) for the Upper Type: Heat in the Lung which consumes Body Fluid
- B. Jade Maid Decoction (Yunu Jiang) for the Middle Type: excessive Heat in the Stomach
- C. Six Ingredients Rehmannia Pill (Liuwei Dihuang Wan) for the Lower Type: excessive of Kidney Yin and excessive of Yin and Yang
- D. Yam (Dioscorea opposita)
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Traditional Chinese diabetes care Upper, Middle, Lower types nails Lung heat, Stomach fire, but Kidney's Yin deficiency, not excess Yin-Yang, flops. Xiaoke Fang, Yunu Jiang fit; Liuwei Dihuang Wan balances, doesn't overdo; yam's a lone root, not typed. Clinicians spot this, a chronic TCM misstep.
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Which of the following statements regarding dietary approaches to obesity treatment is TRUE?
- A. Dietary approaches are not as important as pharmacological approaches
- B. Carbohydrates have a greater satiating effect compared with proteins and fats, especially in individuals with prediabetes and obesity
- C. Intermittent fasting has consistently shown superior weight loss to very-low calorie and ketogenic diets as it is the easiest to adhere to
- D. Patient preference of dietary interventions plays a key part in adherence and ultimately weight loss and maintenance
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Dietary approaches to obesity vary, but patient preference significantly influences adherence and long-term weight loss success, per behavioral studies making this true. Pharmacological approaches complement, not overshadow, diet. Proteins/fats are more satiating than carbohydrates, especially in prediabetes/obesity. Intermittent fasting's superiority isn't consistent adherence varies, not universally easier than ketogenic or very-low calorie diets. Preference drives sustainability, key for physicians tailoring chronic obesity interventions.
A client with metastatic cancer of the colon experiences severe vomiting following each administration of chemotherapy. Which action, if taken by the nurse, is most appropriate?
- A. Have the patient eat large meals when nausea is not present
- B. Offer dry crackers and carbonated fluids during chemotherapy
- C. Administer prescribed antiemetics 1 hour before the treatments
- D. Give the patient two ounces of a citrus fruit beverage during treatments
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Chemo's gut punch severe vomiting bows to preemptive antiemetics, given 1 hour before, blunting nausea's peak, the most effective move per oncology standards. Big meals overload; crackers help post-, not during; citrus risks acid reflux. Nurses time antiemetics, syncing with chemo's onslaught, a proactive strike to ease this metastatic misery, trumping reactive nibbles or sips.
Mr Yee, 45 years old, reports three recent gout attacks in the ankle or knee. You notice a small tophus over his left elbow. He says that two years ago he took allopurinol 100 mg for one month followed by 200 mg OM for one month, but stopped as it 'did not help his gout and there was no improvement'. When you probe, he states that he was not very adherent to allopurinol either then as it was some years ago. He says he took it likely 'once or twice a week'. He states that he did not experience any rashes or other side effects to it then. He did not go back to see his previous GP as he has moved house and your clinic is nearer to his home. He does not drink alcohol except one glass of wine once or twice a year on special occasions. Two weeks ago, he was admitted to the hospital for a gout flare. He had blood tests done, which returned the results below. He is asking you to give him Arcoxia standby as it usually works for his gout flare. Uric acid 620 mmol/L, Creatinine 96 umol/L, eGFR >90 mL/min, BP 144/94 mmHg. He has HTN on HCTZ long-term. Which is incorrect advice?
- A. Offer to restart allopurinol and explain that it does not work immediately. You may wish to discuss HLA B5801 testing particularly as it is unclear how frequent and for how long he was taking allopurinol previously
- B. Advise that he will need stepwise up-titration of a urate lowering agent to reach uric acid target. Regular blood tests will allow this to be done safely
- C. Advice that colchicine prophylaxis is helpful to prevent gout attacks, as it takes time for a urate lowering agent to reach uric acid target
- D. Advise him that allopurinol is ineffective. Offer to initiate febuxostat or probenecid immediately
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Tophus and 620 uric acid yell chronic gout allopurinol's not bunk; past spotty use tanked it, not the drug. Restarting with titration, colchicine cover, and allergy watch fits; HLA testing flags risk. Swapping to febuxostat or probenecid skips allopurinol's shot wrong call when adherence, not efficacy, flopped. Clinicians correct this, steering chronic control right.
The side effects of radiotherapy used in the treatment of cancer do not include which of the following:
- A. Stomatitis
- B. Fatigue
- C. Alopecia
- D. Anorexia
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Radiotherapy zaps mouth sores, tired, appetite drop, but hair's chemo's game, not rays' unless scalp-targeted. Nurses split this, a chronic beam truth.
A 75-year-old female presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. The client's daughter is at the bedside and shares that the client has a history of heart failure. The nurse places the client on the cardiac monitor and finds that the client is in atrial fibrillation at a rate of 180 beats per minute. Which is a likely finding?
- A. Bounding pulses
- B. Lethargy
- C. Hypotension
- D. Edema
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Atrial fibrillation at 180 beats/minute in heart failure loses atrial kick, slashing output hypotension follows as rapid, erratic beats fail to fill ventricles, a likely finding with this tachycardic chaos. Bounding pulses need strong ejection, not here. Lethargy or edema might emerge, but BP drop's immediate, tied to poor perfusion. Nurses expect this, anticipating rate control or fluids, a critical catch in this acute decompensation.