Stella, a 60-year-old woman who has trouble sleeping, is prescribed secobarbital once a day for two weeks. The medication achieves its desired effect and Stella sleeps well during the first three days of medication. On the fourth day, Stella consumes her daily dosage twice because she does not remember consuming it the first time. On the fifth day, Stella consumes more than thrice the daily recommended dosage for the same reason. This phenomenon of consuming more than the required dosage of a medication is termed ________.
A. automatism
B. drug tolerance
C. astigmatism
D. drug addiction
Answer: A
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A. Cramping as the placenta delivers B. Mother crying or feeling relieved C. Presence of lochia rubra with small clots possible D. Uterus rises upward E. Vital signs returning to prelabor values
When performing an abdominal assessment, the nurse should follow which examination sequence?
A) Inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation B) Inspection, auscultation, palpation, and percussion C) Inspection, percussion, palpation, and auscultation D) Inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation
An adolescent teen has bulimia. Which assessment finding should the nurse expect?
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