Your patient is a 67-year-old homeless man with malnutrition. Laboratory test results show that he has hypomagnesemia. What arrhythmia should you monitor for until a dose of magnesium sulfate can be administered?
a. Ventricular fibrillation
b. Atrial fibrillation
c. Torsades de pointes
d. Asystole
ANS: C
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Which of the following are examples of how computers are used in diagnostic services?
A. Pharmacy drugs are inventoried using a computer. B. The positron emission tomography (PET) computer produces a 3-D image that shows an organ or bone from all sides. C. Respiratory therapy computers keep critically ill patients in homeostasis. D. Computers in intensive care units monitor patients and warn caregivers about potentially dangerous conditions. E. All of the above
Give butorphanol tartrate 2.5 milligrams IV for the client every 3-4 hours. The butorphanol drug label reads 2 milligrams per milliliters. Give ________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following is an amino acid?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 