A patient develops frequent ventricular ectopy. The nurse prepares to administer which drug?
a. Adenosine
b. Atropine
c. Lidocaine
d. Magnesium
C
Lidocaine is an antidysrhythmic drug that suppresses ventricular ectopic activity.
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1. Monitoring vital signs more frequently. 2. Handwashing before and after delivering care. 3. Increased attention to maintaining skin integrity. 4. Administration of extra sedatives.
While studying the T- and B-cell immune suppressors, the nursing students learn that the most commonly used immune suppressant is what?
A) Cyclosporine (Sandimmune) B) Azathioprine (Imuran) C) Pimecrolimus (Elidel) D) Glatiramer (Copaxone)
A patient has the following risk factors for melanoma. Which risk factor should the nurse assign as the priority focus of patient teaching?
a. The patient has multiple dysplastic nevi. b. The patient is fair-skinned and has blue eyes. c. The patient's mother died of a malignant melanoma. d. The patient uses a tanning booth throughout the winter.
A nurse is providing care for a client who has somatic symptom disorder and is exhibiting anxiety about having a severe illness. Which of the following would be appropriate for the nurse to do? Select all that apply
A) Listen closely to the client's report of symptoms. B) Ignore the client's report of symptoms and make a professional nursing assessment. C) Acknowledge that what the client is saying may be real. D) Encourage the client to write down symptoms in a journal. E) Review the symptom pattern with the client.