A patient comes in to your office complaining of hearing loss in his left ear. He is bruised all along the left side of his face, and was recently involved in a fight outside of a restaurant where he was attacked with a large slimy fish, which slapped him across the side of his head, bursting his eardrum. What is your diagnosis? A. sensorimotor hearing loss
B. conditioned hearing loss
C. conductive hearing loss
D. sensorineural hearing loss
E. he is faking it to delay going to jail (malingering)

Discuss the 2 major types of diabetes insipidus (central and nephrogenic).

Mr rogers is 2 days postoperative of a thoracotomy of removal of a malignant mass in his left chest. his pain is being managed via epidural catheter with morphine. as the nurse assumes care of mr rogers, he is alert and fully oriented and states that his current pain is 2 on a 1 -to-10 scale. his vital signs are 37.8-92-12, 138/82. what are benefits of epidural versus systemic administration of opioids? the nurse monitors mr roger’s respiratory status and vital signs every 2 hours. what is the rationale for this frequent assessments? the nurse monitors mr rogers for what other complications of epidural anelgesis?

Anurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for nitroglycerin patches. the nurse should identify which of the following statements as an indication that the client understands the teaching? a. “i will move the patch to my leg if i get a headache.” b. “i will rotate the application site to avoid skin irritation.” c. “i will apply a new patch if i have chest pain.” d. “i cannot take a sublingual tablet of nitroglycerin after applying the patch.”