A client has been prescribed opioid analgesics. The client asks the nurse how long before the sedation will subside. The nurse would tell the client what time frame?

A) 24 to 48 hours
B) 48 to72 hours
C) 72 to 96 hour
D) 1 week


A

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a. 6 hr and 15 min b. 8 hr and 20 min c. 12 hr and 50 min d. 20 hr and 48 min

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Telenursing is the use of telecommunications and computer technology for the delivery of nursing care. The National Council of State Boards identified advantages of authority to practice telenursing across state lines (1996)

These advantages include which of the following? Select all that apply. 1. Establishes legitimacy and availability to practice telenursing 2. Protects the nurse from liability when practicing across state lines without a license in the client's state 3. Establishes the nurse's responsibility and accountability to the board of nursing 4. Provides jurisdictional authority over the discipline of telenursing in the event of unsafe delivery 5. Provides statutory authority permitting telenursing services across borders for all of the states

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After an MI, the person needs:

a. Rest b. Surgery c. Cardiac rehabilitation d. Dialysis

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The prison nurse places a prisoner who is acutely ill, detoxifying, and alcoholic in the prison medical suite in a seclusion room to:

a. detoxify the prisoner b. reduce stimulation c. maintain privacy d. punish the prisoner

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