A clinic patient was started on leflunomide. The nurse expects this medication will do which of the following:
1. Decrease joint movement at first
2. Cause the patient to feel flushed
3. Reduce symptoms and slow joint damage
4. Increase fluid in the joints
3
Leflunomide is used to reduce signs and symptoms and slow structural damage in joints.
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An 8-year-old boy has fallen through the ice while skating on a frozen pond. By the time paramedics arrive, the boy has been removed from the water by his friends, but his core body temperature is 31.1 °C (88.0 °F)
The responders would recognize that which of the following physiological processes would have been active during the boy's accident? A) Production and release of cortisol as a heat generation process B) Stimulation of the thyroid gland in order to increase cellular activity C) Heat production through increased body metabolism D) Energy generation through the release of epinephrine and norepinephrine
A fetus is able to maintain blood circulation in utero by the presence of circulatory shunts. From where does the ductus arteriosus in utero shunt blood?
A) The left to right heart atria B) The aorta to the pulmonary veins C) The right ventricle to the aorta D) The pulmonary artery to the aorta
Which of the following clients have an increased risk for the development of a pressure ulcer? (Select all that apply.)
1. A 35-year-old motorcycle accident victim who has been comatose for 5 months 2. A 75-year-old client with type 2 diabetes with neuropathy in his feet 3. A 64-year-old client experiencing anorexia after hip replacement surgery 4. A 70-year-old client diagnosed with advanced Alzheimer's disease 5. A 40-year-old client with osteoarthritis who has been in bed with the flu 6. A 25-year-old client in the terminal stages of brain cancer