A postoperative patient has an epidural infusion of morphine sulfate. The patient's respiratory rate decreases to 8. Which medication would the nurse anticipate administering?
1. Naloxone
2. Acetylcysteine
3. Methylprednisolone
4. Protamine sulfate
Correct Answer: 1
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The written direction for the preparation and administration of a drug is called the:
1. Apothecary recording. 2. Prescription. 3. Medication. 4. Order.
After sustaining a fall at home, a patient is brought to the emergency room exhibiting altered level of consciousness. Following a skull x-ray, the patient is diagnosed with a basilar skull fracture
Which sign should alert the nurse to this type of fracture? A) Babinski's sign B) Kernig's sign C) Battle's sign D) Brudzinski's sign
The parent of a child profoundly affected by a gene alteration says, "I don't understand how something so small can cause such problems." How should the nurse respond?
1. "The effects depend on the environment in which the child is raised." 2. "Some children are affected even more than your child." 3. "The degree of effect depends on which gene is damaged and what kind of damage is done." 4. "We don't think about how we are potentially changing our genes when we expose ourselves to chemical substances."
Food insecurity has been defined as:
1. Having too many food choices and making poor choices 2. Having limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods 3. Being exclusively found in people with low incomes 4. Having very poor dental health