What community action will transform the mental health system into one that is consumer and family driven?
A) Involving consumers and families.
B) Providing mental health services in one central location.
C) Focusing treatment on mental health emergencies.
D) Incarcerating individuals if treatment options are unavailable.
A
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A patient in status epilepticus has been brought to the emergency department by emergency medical services. The nurse in the emergency department should anticipate which of the following treatment measures?
A) Administration of oral or sublingual phenytoin B) Administration of intravenous lorazepam C) Administration of zonisamide (Zonegran) D) Administration of intravenous gabapentin
A woman who is at 30 weeks' gestation has been on terbutaline therapy for 24 hours. The physician prescribes continuation of the therapy for the next 48 hours. Appropriate nursing action would be to
A) encourage the patient to get into the semi-Fowler position. B) hang another IV bag with medication using an IV pump. C) plan to administer oral terbutaline. D) dilute the medication with saline before adding it to the IV bag.
A patient is to receive 100 mL of normal saline over the next 5 hours with microdrip tubing. How many drops per minute does the nurse administer to infuse this fluid in the prescribed time? _____ gtt per minute
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
MC Standards of nursing practice are best defined as:
A. Authoritative statements describing the nurses' accountability and responsibility. B. Standards that ensure that nursing procedures are the same in all states. C. Guidelines for ethical practices. D. Statements that identify the nurses' role in providing care.