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. A patient has questions regarding a recently prescribed antitussive agent. Which response by the nurse is the best? a. “It will eliminate your cough at night.” b. “It will reduce the frequency of your cough.” c. “It should be used in the morning.” d. “It should be taken before sleep.” ANS: B Antitussive agents act by suppressing the cough center in the brain. The expected therapeutic outcome is reduced frequency of nonproductive cough to promote rest. Antitussive agents...

3. The chemical reactivity of an element is dependent on A. the number of protons. B. the arrangement of neutrons. C. the number of electrons in the outermost shell. D. the number of protons and neutrons. E. the number of electrons in the inner shell. It is the outermost shell of an atom that can potentially react with electrons in the outermost shells of other atoms. The protons and neutrons remain in the nucleus and do not engage in chemical reactions. Bloom's Level: ...

QUESTION 2 2.1) Combined assurance is a manner in which the company sets itself up to adequately addresses the significant risk which the company faces. It can be provided by  Internal assurance providers‟ e.g. internal audit, finance function. The focus will be on enabling an effective internal control environment and supporting the integrity of information used for internal decision-making by management, the board, and its committees.  External assurance provider‟s e.g. exter...

Semester 1 - 2015: Assignment 01 (Unique number ) Question 1 The tutor for the first-year psychology group is dealing with the topic of impulse conduction in the human nervous system. After the group discussion, the tutor asks the students the following questions to test their knowledge of the study material. The part of the neuron that is responsible for receiving information signals from other neurons is called ___. 1. Myelin sheath 2. boutons 3. dendrites 4. soma Answer: The correc...

Outline two reasons why marketization policies may produce inequality in educational achievement between social classes. Answer:  cream-skimming; successful schools can attract higher achievers, who are more likely to be middle-class.  silt-shifting; successful schools can avoid taking less able, largely working-class pupils, who thus end up in low-achieving schools. Question Outline three reasons for gender differences in educational achievement. Answer:  laddish subcultures...

A patient is taking a beta1-adrenergic drug to improve the stroke volume of the heart. The nurse caring for this patient knows that this drug acts by increasing: a. cardiac afterload. b. cardiac preload. c. myocardial contractility. d. venous return. ANS: C Beta1-adrenergic agents help increase the heart’s stroke volume by increasing myocardial contractility. Cardiac afterload is determined primarily by the degree of peripheral resistance caused by constriction of arterioles; incr...

1. The sequence of events producing cellular changes following injury best defines: a. manifestations. b. pathogenesis. c. sign. d. symptom. ANS: B REF: p. 2 2. An abnormal disturbance of the function and structure of the human body following injury refers to: a. disease. b. etiology. c. manifestations. d. pathogenesis. ANS: A REF: p. 2 3. The study of the cause of the disease is termed: a. disease. b. etiology. c. pathogenesis. d. prognosis.

I. Scenario History of Present Problem: Josephine Peters is a 52-year-old female who is postoperative day one for anterior-lateral lumbar spinal fusion. Her pain has been controlled with oxycodone 5 to 10 mg PO every four hours. She has had no visitors today and has been resting comfortably between doses of pain medication. She had her chest tube pulled out three hours ago. Her last dose of oxycodone was 10 mg three hours ago. To support her back when she is out of bed, Josephine has a har...

2 Chapter 1 Answers Could it be low blood sugar? Am I diabetic? Frontal area Sometimes feel sick to stomach Mother is diabetic Patient's perception Where is it? Useful other data "Sick" feeling Hard Quality Severity Timing 7–8 on 0–10 scale Lasts 1–2 hours once starts Early in the morning Before meals Food helps Tylenol helps Hunger makes it worse Aggravating and alleviating factors Headache REVIEW QUESTIONS—CONTENT REVIEW The correct answers are in boldf...

1 In which scenario do the different court systems in the U.S. interact properly?  A Colorado man is a defendant in a personal injury lawsuit for an incident that occurred in New Mexico when he was under the influence of marijuana. When hearing the case, the New Mexico judge applies the laws of Colorado, where marijuana is legal, rather than New Mexico law, which criminalizes it.  A New Jersey resident is sued by an Iowa resident. After a trial in which the New Jersey resident vig...