A nurse is reviewing the drugs taken by a 50-year-old male patient. What medication should the nurse recognize as the most probable cause of erectile dysfunction (ED)?
a. Vasodilator for hypertension
b. Antibiotic for an upper respiratory infec-tion
c. Antihistamine for allergies
d. Glucophage for type 2 diabetes
A
Vasodilators taken for the control of hypertension frequently cause ED.
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The nurse is assessing a postoperative client that reports a pain level of 10 on a 1 to 10 scale. The client is grimacing and appears anxious. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform first?
1. Administer pain medication if it has been longer than the ordered interval. 2. Offer to call the pastoral service to provide spiritual counseling. 3. Obtain an order for an anti-anxiety medication. 4. Call the family to come in and stay with the client.
A laboring client is 10 cm dilated but does not feel the urge to push. The nurse understands that according to laboring down, the advantages of waiting until an urge to push are which of the following? (Select all that apply.)
a. Less maternal fatigue b. Less birth canal injuries c. Decreased pushing time d. Faster descent of the fetus e. An increase in frequency of contractions
Places to the right of the decimal point represent fractions
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The _____ originate from small mounds of myocardium called papillary muscles and serve as anchors to prevent the cusps of the AV valves from inverting into the atria
a. Purkinje fibers b. coronary sinuses c. coronary arteries d. chordae tendineae