When a patient is administered mecamylamine, what are the signs that a nurse or medical assistant should watch out for in the patient?
A. Nervousness
B. Bradycardia
C. Jaw soreness
D. Taste disturbances
Answer: B
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Which of the following conditions does the nurse need to confirm when he or she taps the facial nerve of a client who has dysphagia?
A) Hypervolemia C) Hypomagnesemia B) Hypercalcemia D) Hypermagnesemia
Your patient is to receive cimetidine IV, 300 mg, diluted in 20 mL of 0.9% normal saline solution. This is to be administered over 30 minutes. The delivery system is 15 gtt/mL. The IV controlling machine should be set for how many mL/hour?
1. 300 2. 400 3. 500 4. 600
If the half-life of an antibiotic is 6 hours, the percentage of the original dose that will remain in a client's body 24 hours after a single dose has been administered is:
a. 4%. c. 2.5%. b. 25%. d. 6.25%.
The nurse and a new nurse are caring for a child who will require palliative care. Which statement made by the new nurse would indicate a correct understanding of palliative care?
a. "Palliative care serves to hasten death and make the process easier for the family." b. "Palliative care provides pain and symptom management for the child." c. "The goal of palliative care is to place the child in a hospice setting at the end of life." d. "The goal of palliative care is to act as the liaison between the family, child, and other health care professionals."