The physician has ordered an antihistamine for an elderly patient with allergies. You would expect the physician to:
1. go slow and stay low in dosing.
2. order the medication according to age and weight.
3. only give liquid medication.
4. give medication once a week.
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"Go slow and stay low" is the common advice in giving medication to the elderly.
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A) Reduction mammoplasty B) Mastopexy C) Autogenous breast reconstruction D) Mastectomy
The nurse is reviewing the steps that occur during the process of blood flow through the body. The steps are presented to the client for review at the end of the presentation. The client has been requested to identify the correct sequence of steps
Based on this information, which is the correct sequence of steps that occur during the process of blood flow through the body? 1 . It travels through the mitral valves and into the left ventricle. 2 . Blood passes through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle. 3 . Blood enters the pulmonary artery and lungs, where it receives oxygen. 4 . It moves on through the pulmonic valve during ventricular contraction. 5 . The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the superior and inferior vena cava and the coronary sinus 6 . It returns to the left atrium via the pulmonary veins A) 2, 3, 4, 6, 1, 5 B) 4, 3, 6, 5, 1, 2 C) 5, 2, 4, 3, 6, 1 D) 6, 4, 2, 5, 3, 1
Who is considered to be the first nursing researcher?
A) Florence Nightingale B) Dorothea Dix C) Clara Barton D) Lillian Wald
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A) Do not walk or drive after taking the drug B) Discontinue the use of alcohol C) Learn to self-administer the drug D) Take a laxative when needed