Which of the following addictive drugs is both legal and culturally acceptable throughout almost all of the United States?
a. Beer
b. Caffeine
c. Cigarettes (nicotine)
d. Mixed alcoholic beverages
ANS: B
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A patient will begin taking propranolol [Inderal] for hypertension. Which statement by the nurse is important when teaching this patient about the medication?
a. "Check your hands and feet for swelling and report that to your provider." b. "It is safe to take this medication with a calcium channel blocker." c. "Stop taking the drug if you become short of breath." d. "Take your pulse and do not take the me-dication if your heart rate is fast."
The nurse is providing care for a patient who has a respiratory infection. Because the infection is in the lung, the nurse expects which immunoglobulin level to be most elevated?
1. Immunoglobulin D 2. Immunoglobulin E 3. Immunoglobulin A 4. Immunoglobulin M
A 5-year-old client was admitted with severe dog bites and was experiencing pain. The nurse can best evaluate level of pain intensity by:
A) showing pictures of happy, sad, and crying faces and have the client point to the one like him. B) asking the parents about how much pain the client seems to be experiencing. C) recognizing the level of intensity cannot be evaluated at that early age. D) asking the child to rate the pain on a scale of 1 to 10.
A 2-year-old girl has the croup. The pediatric nurse knows that nursing care for the patient may include:
Select all answers that apply. A) using warm mist. B) applying an oxygen tent. C) administering oral antibiotics. D) administering racemic epinephrine (Micronefrin).