Select the beta-adrenergic drugs that can be inhaled via a nebulizer in order to open the respiratory airway.
A. Salmeterol and terbutaline
B. Isoetharine and levalbuterol
C. Isoetharine and salmeterol
D. Levalbuterol and terbutaline
Answer: B
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a. physiologic shunting. b. dead space ventilation. c. hypercapnia with a PaCO2 of 35 mm Hg. d. ventilation/perfusion mismatching.
At the completion of a family assessment the nurse provides positive feedback to the parents and adult children. What type of feedback did the nurse most likely provide to this family?
1. Father's employer cut hours and salary. 2. Mother starting a home sewing business. 3. Oldest daughter starting a new job next week. 4. Oldest son moving into an apartment within a month.
A concerned parent calls the school nurse because of changes in his 15-year-old's behavior
In counseling the parent, the nurse would inform him that the behavior most likely to be abnormal and indicate possible substance abuse is the adolescent's: 1. Buying baggy, oversized clothing at thrift shops and dying her hair a dark black shade. 2. Becoming very involved with participating with friends on a basketball team, never seeming to be home, and when she is home, preferring to be in her room with the door shut. 3. Receiving numerous detentions lately from teachers for sleeping in class. 4. Becoming very moody, dramatically crying, and weeping one minute and then cheerful and excited the next.
The nurse is caring for a client who will undergo a gastrectomy the following day. Which interventions are included in the postoperative plan of care for the client? (Select all that apply.)
a. Monitor and record accurate intake and output (I&O). b. Remind the client to use the incentive spirometer twice daily. c. Change abdominal dressings daily using medical asepsis. d. Remind the client daily to use patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) before pain becomes severe. e. Keep the head of the client's bed elevated whenever possible. f. Irrigate the nasogastric tube with normal saline every 8 hours PRN.