If a patient undergoing drug therapy for Parkinson's disease is mobile one minute and immobile the next, he or she is probably experiencing:
A. catatonia.
B. the on-off phenomenon.
C. synesthesia.
D. dyskinesias.
Answer: B
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An infant with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is having a hypercyanotic episode ("tet" spell). Which of the following nursing interventions should the nurse implement? Select all that apply
1. Place the child in knee–chest position. 2. Draw blood for a serum hemoglobin. 3. Administer oxygen. 4. Administer morphine and propranolol intravenously as ordered. 5. Administer Benadryl as ordered.
Florence Nightingale is credited with introducing sweeping changes in the philosophy and practice of nursing, many of which are foundational to the way that nursing is practiced today
Nightingale's reforms focused primarily on what aspects of nursing? A) Pharmacology and adequate documentation B) Hygiene and infection control C) Psychosocial health and spirituality D) Interdisciplinary communication
After teaching a group of students about the concept of maternal mortality, the instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students state which of the following?
A) "The rate includes accidental causes for deaths." B) "It addresses pregnancy-related causes." C) "The duration of the pregnancy is not a concern." D) "The time frame is typically for a specified year."
When researching different healing traditions, the nurse learns that many of these traditions are based on which premise?
1. The person recovers from what is afflicting them. 2. The person becomes more ill and then recovers. 3. An outside person must help the person recover. 4. Other interventions aid the healing tradition.