The nurse is about to give an injection of gold salts to a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. What is the best area of the body for this medication to be injected?
1. Deltoid muscle
2. Abdominal muscle
3. Gluteus maximus muscle
4. Ventral gluteus muscle
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These medications are painful injections and should be given only in the gluteus maximus muscle.
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The safe dosage range for acetazolamide (Diamox) is 8–30 mg/kg daily in four equally divided dosages. The client weighs 93 kg. How many mg may you safely administer?
1. 744–2790 mg 2. 2976–11,160 mg 3. 74.4–279 mg 4. 186–697.5 mg
Which of the following nursing actions is most important when caring for a patient with aortic valve stenosis?
1. alter position every 2 hours 2. keep head of bed elevated 30 degrees 3. encourage deep breathing and coughing exercises 4. assist the patient during any physical activities
Change for the community as client must often occur at several levels because
a. Health problems caused by lifestyle are multidimensional. b. Most individuals can change their habits alone. c. Aggregates are responsible for social change. d. Geographic areas often have health risks that the nurse must identify.