While preparing equipment for newborn resuscitation, which of the following items is/are NOT considered optional?
A) Pulse oximeter
B) Cardiac monitor
C) Endotracheal tubes
D) Laryngeal mask airway
Answer: C) Endotracheal tubes
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A) The patient must never be left unattended by the nurse. B) The patient should begin a course of antiemetics the day before surgery. C) The patient should be informed that he or she will remember most of the procedure. D) The patient must be able to maintain his or her own airway.
While teaching about HIV/AIDS to a group of high school seniors, the school health nurse will begin by explaining the basic facts that will likely include which of the following information?
A) Like all viruses, HIV is a genetic material made from DNA with long molecules that carry genetic information. B) HIV is different from other viruses since it is a retrovirus that selectively attacks the body's immune cells. C) There are two types of HIV, but the one that is endemic to the United States is HIV type 2. D) HIV type 1 for some reason rarely develops into full-blown AIDS.
The phenomenon of highest priority to a psychiatric nurse caring for a client with the following
nursing diagnoses would be a. risk for suicide. b. disturbed thought processes. c. situational low self-esteem. d. self-care deficit: grooming.
The rationale for the 1992 changes in the Food and Drug Administration regulations to permit accelerated approval of drugs for the treatment of life-threatening or severely debilitating disease was:
A. to allow for marketing before completion of Phase II of drug trials. B. to ensure that the unknown risks associated with early approval are balanced by the need for effective drugs. C. to change the rules because existing FDA regulations were too stringent for potentially effective drugs. D. to accelerate approval of new drugs to give physicians the option of using them without research findings.