An advantage of prescribing a sublingual medication is that the medication is:
1. Absorbed rapidly
2. Excreted rapidly
3. Metabolized minimally
4. Distributed equally
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A) Bismuth salts (Pepto-Bismol) B) Ciprofloxacin (Cipro) C) Cholestyramine (Questran) D) Octreotide acetate (Sandostatin)
The nurse recalls that an individual from which group is most likely to view health as an absence of disease or illness?
a. European American b. Asian American c. Hispanic American d. African American
The nurse is conducting a nutrition assessment on a patient who has been admitted for hip replacement surgery. The patient reports that he is Jewish and follows the kosher dietary tradition
Which statement by the nurse will have the greatest impact on the patient's nutritional health during his hospitalization? 1. "I'll arrange for a dietitian to come and discuss your food requirements with you." 2. "Would you be more comfortable with having your family bring you food from home?" 3. "Remember that you will need to increase your protein input postsurgery." 4. "Please tell me more about your preferred eating habits."
A patient's assessment findings suggest infection by a rickettsiae organism. The nurse would ask about which history? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Tick bite 2. Exposure to a child with roundworms 3. Hyphae exposure 4. Exposure to animals with fleas 5. Exposure to someone with an upper respiratory infection