The maximum time a near-drowning victim can be without oxygen with resultant brain damage is:

a. 2 minutes
b. 4 minutes
c. 6 minutes
d. 8 minutes


C
Without oxygen, brain cells begin to die after 4 to 6 minutes.

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a. care of patients admitted who are victims of domestic violence. b. experienced nurses withholding pertinent information from co-workers to portray them as incompetent. c. co-workers participating in an employee assistance program (EAP) to learn more about anger management for adult children living at home. d. care of persons being held for treatment prior to be incarcerated for committing homicide. e. statements such as "The new nurse has book sense but can't perform an admission physical without the help of everyone on the unit."

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A client weighing 198 lbs. is prescribed to receive dopamine hydrochloride 2 mcg/kg/min. The medication available is 400 mcg/mL. How many mL of the medication will the client receive in an hour?

1. 10 mL 2. 14 mL 3. 23 mL 4. 27 mL

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The PHN recognizes that environmental science, epidemiology, biostatistics, biomedical sciences, and ____ form the foundational subjects of public health

A. Economics B. The humanities C. Social and behavioral sciences D. Anthropology

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