A nursing student asks about the racial distribution for clients with common neurodegenerative disorders in the United States. The instructor explains that, for Parkinson's disease(PD), the distribution rate is:
A) Lowest in African Americans.
B) Lowest in Euro-Americans.
C) Unclear.
D) About equal.
C
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The home health nurse provides patient teaching to his or her patient who is taking oral prednisolone. The nurse provides what instruction to reduce the occurrence of nausea?
A) "Take with a meal." B) "Take 1 hour before meals." C) "Take before bedtime." D) "Split the dose into two equal doses."
A nurse is providing care to a client receiving theophylline. The client has received two loading doses and the nurse is evaluating the client's theophylline levels. Which finding would the nurse interpret as a therapeutic drug level?
A) 5 mcg/L B) 8 mcg/L C) 13 mcg/L D) 20 mcg/L
Which statements are correct regarding the differences between first- and fourth-generation cephalosporins? You may select more than one answer
a. Fourth-generation agents have more activity against gram-negative organisms. b. First-generation agents are more active against anaerobes. c. First-generation agents have increased resistance to beta-lactamases. d. Fourth-generation agents are more able to reach the CSF. e. First-generation agents are more vulnerable to destruction by beta-lactamases.
During assessment, the nurse notes a cardiac murmur that occurs between S1 and S2. The nurse documents this murmur as which of the following?
1. Diastolic 2. Holosystolic 3. Systolic 4. Pansystolic