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A drug that is an MAO inhibitor correct answer: increase the effects of catecholamines by inhibiting their breakdown A pt is receiving an anticonvulsant but has no h/o seizures. The nurse suspects that the pt is receiving this drug for which condition? correct answer: - A. pain associates with peripheral neuropathy A postoperative pt is complaining of pain at a level of 7 on a 1-10 scale. The nurse checks the medication administration sheet & sees that the pt can receive morphine oral so...

When administering a medication through an existing IV line via the IV push (IVP) method the nurse should inject the medication through the port nearest the patient. correct answer: True When administering IV medication via a continuous infusion, the nurse would: correct answer: Draw the medication up into a syringe, inject the medication into a bag of IV solution and infuse at a steady prescribed rate each hour until further orders are received. The primary purpose of the needleless sys...

Cardiac output correct answer: The volume of blood pumped by the heart in 1 minute Central venous pressure correct answer: Indirectly measures right ventricular end diastolic pressure. A measure of volume. Systemic vascular resistance correct answer: Measures resistance to left ventricular ejection. Reflective of vasoconstriction or viscosity. Pulmonary vascular resistance correct answer: Measures resistance to entry of blood into the heart. Reflective of volume. Pulmonary artery...

1. The nurse notes in a patient's medication history that the patient will be taking desmopressin. Based on this finding, the nurse interprets that the patient has which disorder? A. Diabetes mellitus B. Diabetes insipidus C. Adrenocortical insufficiency D. Carcinoid tumor correct answer: B. Diabetes insipidus (ADH hyposecretion disables the water-conserving capability of the kidneys; a condition of chronic polyuria without glucose) Insipidus means without taste. 2. A 16-year-old boy wh...

For best results when treating severe pain associated with pathologic spinal fractures related to metastatic bone cancer, the nurse should remember that the best type of dosage schedule is to administer the pain medication a) as needed. b) around the clock. c) on schedule during waking hours only. d) around the clock, with additional doses as needed for breakthrough pain. correct answer: d) around the clock, with additional doses as needed for breakthrough pain. A patient is receiv...

Right Drug, Right Dose, Right Time, Right Route, Right Patient, Right Documentation correct answer: 6 Rights of medication administration Right Drug correct answer: Must perform 3 checks before giving medication to verify the ______. Right Dose correct answer: Confirm that it is in normal range for the patient's age and size. Right Time correct answer: No more than 1/2 hour before or after actual time specified. 1/2 hour correct answer: Stat meds need to be given within ____ of...

IVY TECH APHY 101 Exam 1* (1-4) Questions and Answers 100% Correct Graded A+ Final Exam Which of the following best describes the reaction NaNO3 + HCl → HNO3 + NaCl? - CORRECT ANSWER-exchange reaction The function of the association area in the frontal lobe is - CORRECT ANSWER-higher intellectual processes, such as reasoning and judgment. Cerebrospinal fluid is produced by __________ and it __________. - CORRECT ANSWER-choroid plexuses in the ventricles; protects the brain from blows to the...

On behalf of Bubbly Drinks Company, Calvin signs an instrument in which he promises to deliver 100 cases of soda as payment to Dispatch & Delivery, Inc., on April 1. This instrument is correct answer: nonnegotiable, because soda is not a medium of exchange authorized or adopted by a government as currency. Vera gives Will a $500 check as payment for a debt. Will crudely increases the amount of the check to $5,000 and deposits the check in his First Bank account. Vera is liable for the paymen...

Chemcials obtained from the environment that are needed for survivial are called____. correct answer: NUTIRENTS Which class of nutirents are essential in small daily doses? correct answer: Micronutirents THE NUTIRENTS THAT ARE LARGER IN QUANTIES ARE CALLED correct answer: MACRONUTIENTS NAME THE NUTIENTENT CLASS THAT INCLUDES SUGARS, GLYCOGEN AND CELLOUSE correct answer: POLYSACCHRIADES WHAT CARBOHYDRATE IS MOST COMMONLY USED FOR CELLUAR FUEL? correct answer: GLUCOSE WHICH OF ...

which of the following organelles is not surrounded by a membrane correct answer: ribosomes the main structural component of a plant cell wall is correct answer: cellulose the stack of thylakoids labeled A in this figure is called correct answer: granum without tight junctions in certain tissues correct answer: fluids may leak out past the barrier the junction would create carrie would like to observe the cilia on the surface of a live paramecium-- a single celled organism. the b...