A nurse explains that because the drug disulfiram (Antabuse) is deemed inappropriate, the patient has been put on the most reliable substitute, _____, which causes similar but less severe side effects in the people with alcoholism who continue to
drink. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Flagyl
Metronidazole (Flagyl), similar to Antabuse, can also cause nausea and severe vomiting if mixed with alcohol.
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Delegation is the process of transferring work to subordinates. A nurse manager can appropriately delegate which task?
a. Scheduling staff assignments for the next month b. Terminating a nursing assistant for insubordination c. Deciding on salary increases for licensed practical nurses d. Telling a staff nurse to initiate disciplinary action against a peer
What is the normal range of adult serum phosphate levels?
a. 1.5 to 2.0 mg/dL c. 1.7 to 2.6 mg/dL b. 2.5 to 2.9 mg/dL d. 3.5 to 5.5 mg/dL
In the 6-step ethical decision-making process, step 3 is examining the dilemma for the ethical principles involved. Which of the following questions deals with the principle of autonomy?
1. What is the overall good to be accomplished? 2. With whom must the final decision be made, and is that person competent or empowered to make decisions? 3. Have the principal decision-makers been given all necessary information? 4. Will the consequences of actions be those that are intended?
Mary is a 71-year-old woman whose husband just died from cancer. The nurse should be concerned for Mary due to which of the following relationship between loss and health?
A) A lack of social support tends to affect health and may lead to increased mortality. B) Women are more likely than men to have negative health outcomes after the loss of a spouse. C) Women are more likely than men to become socially isolated after the loss of a spouse. D) Because men live longer than women, they witness more deaths and have poorer health outcomes than women.