A 30-year-old obese female patient who underwent gastric banding 3 days ago is getting ready to go home
Essential postoperative teaching for this patient should include instruction related to the importance of abstaining from what for the next 2 years?
A) Multivitamin supplements
B) Pregnancy
C) Antidepressants
D) Control-top panty hose
B
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The nurse receives an order to administer 8 units regular insulin and 20 units NPH insulin before breakfast. Using a U-100 syringe, the nurse would prepare this dose by:
1. drawing up 8 units NPH, then 20 units regular in the same syringe. 2. drawing up 8 units regular in one syringe, and 20 units NPH in a separate syringe. 3. drawing up 8 units regular, then 20 units NPH in the same syringe. 4. giving the 20 units NPH insulin 15 minutes before food, and the 8 units regular when the food arrives.
What are diseases related to aging often called?
a. Traumatic b. Degenerative c. Infectious d. Hereditary
Use the recommended dose (3 mcg/kg/min) to determine the appropriate dose of sodium nitroprusside that would be administered by slow intravenous infusion to a patient who weighs 242 pounds.
A. 330 mcg/kg/min B. 240 mcg/kg/min C. 180 mcg/kg/min D. 280 mcg/kg/min
The NICU nurse's patient assignment includes an infant who is 25 weeks gestation. The nurse knows that according to the gestational age, this infant would be described as ________________
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word.