Mary has a two-tiered prescription benefit plan, which means:
1. She can receive differing levels of care based on whether she chooses an "in-plan" provider or not.
2. She is eligible for the new Medicare Part D "donut hole" reduction of costs program.
3. She pays a higher copay for brand-name drugs than for generic drugs.
4. She must always choose to be treated with generic drugs first.
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A critical care patient is diagnosed with massive head trauma. The patient is receiving brain tissue oxygen pressure (PbtO2) monitoring. The nurse recognized that the goal of this treatment is to maintain PbtO2
a. greater than 20 mm Hg. c. between 15 and 20 mm Hg. b. less than 15 mm Hg. d. between 10 and 20 mm Hg.
The patient with heat stroke has been undressed and treated with cold packs and a fan. The patient's temperature is now down to 101.2° F. When the patient starts to shiver, the emergency department nurse should:
a. raise the head of the bed. b. offer warm liquids. c. remove cold packs and fan. d. continue with cooling interventions.
One of the functions of the atrioventricular (AV) node is to:
a. pace the heart if the ventricles fail. b. slow the impulse arriving from the SA node. c. send the impulse to the SA node. d. allow for ventricular filling during systole.
A number of inherited diseases can be detected in utero by amniocentesis. Which of the following diseases can be detected by this method?
A) Diabetes mellitus B) Trisomy 21 C) Phenylketonuria D) Impetigo