Identify the four risk factors for infectious disease that are out of our control
What will be an ideal response?
1. Heredity - inherited genetic traits
2. Age - those under age 5 and over age 65 are particularly vulnerable due to reduced defenses.
3. Environmental conditions — high temperatures, unsanitary living or working conditions, or the presence of harmful substances or pollutants
4. Organism virulence and resistance - some organisms are particularly virulent and some have become resistant to the body's defenses and/or to drugs used to fight them
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A nurse is explaining the benefits of using a prototype approach to learn pharmacology to a nursing student. The nurse understands that studying the prototype drug makes it possible to predict certain characteristics of drugs in the same class. Which response by the nursing student below indicates the need for further teaching?
A. Therapeutic indications B. Mechanism of action C. Adverse effects D. Duration of action
The correct abbreviation for "every four hours" is ____
A) ea4h B) x4 C) q4h D) ea4hr
The health care provider understands that a fatty deposit in an artery is a (an): ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Always perform abdominal thrusts on an adult who is clutching his/her throat and yelling that he/she can't breathe
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.