A Client with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Is to Receive Finasteride

question 26

Multiple Choice

A client with benign prostatic hyperplasia is to receive finasteride (Proscar) . The nurse understands that this drug works by

• A) relaxing smooth muscle in the penis.
• B) promoting shrinkage of an enlarged prostate gland.
• C) increasing testosterone.
• D) stimulating RNA synthesis.

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Definitions:

Frederick Jackson Turner

A historian known for his "Frontier Thesis," which argued that the American character was shaped by the experience of expansion into the western frontier.

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A policy described by President McKinley regarding the Philippines, aiming to assimilate Filipinos into American culture and governance with a supposedly benevolent approach.

Emilio Aguinaldo

A Filipino revolutionary, politician, and military leader who played a significant role in the Philippine struggle for independence from Spain and later against United States colonization.

United Fruit Company

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