A nurse determines that a patient's Port-A-Cath is occluded with a thrombus. Which agent is likely to be used to lyse the clot?

1. Heparin
2. Tirofiban
3. Abciximab
4. Urokinase


Correct Answer: 4

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Sentinel event alerts are published by TJC to do which of the following?

a. Allow facilities to learn from sentinel events that have occurred in other facili-ties and incorporate recommendations for prevention into their policies. b. Notify hospitals that if a sentinel event occurs during an alert, the hospital will be subject to withdrawal of Medicare and Medicaid certification and reimbursement. c. Prevent a near-miss from occurring. d. Assist hospitals to find national standar-dized performance measures to benchmark themselves against other similar hospitals.

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Write the following as a mixed number: 36/7

1. 4 6/7 2. 5 1/7 3. 4 1/7 4. 5

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A) True B) False

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