What is your first intervention in management of a patient experiencing variable decelerations?
a. Immediate delivery
b. Change maternal position
c. No treatment indicated
d. Oxygen
e. Stop oxytocin infusion
Answer: b. Change maternal position
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A. Encourage the patient's family to talk her into having the operation. B. Explain kindly to the patient that her situation cannot wait. C. Respect the patient's choice and wait for the elder to arrive. D. Take the patient to surgery under the principle of implied consent.
The home care nurse is making a follow-up visit to a client who had total hip replacement surgery 2 weeks ago. Which client statement indicates a need for clarification regarding postoperative routine?
a. "My daughter helps me put on my elastic TED (thromboembolic deterrent) hose every day." b. "I take 200 mg of Motrin (ibuprofen) at bedtime so that I can sleep." c. "Now that my hip doesn't hurt, I can cross my legs like a lady again." d. "Each day, I try to increase my walking time by at least 10 minutes."
If you were operating BG's pharmacy, what would be the least desirable Break-Even point and subsequent relationship to profitability and operating risk?
A. Lower Break-Even point = lower potential profitability = lower operating risk B. Higher Break-Even point = higher potential profitability = higher operating risk C. Higher Break-Even point = lower potential profitability = higher operating risk D. Lower Break-Even point = higher potential profitability = lower operating risk
A patient has been receiving morphine sulfate 5 mg IV every 4 hours for the past 2 weeks. She states that the pain is not being relieved as well as it was in the past. What is the reason for this development?
A) She has developed a dependency on the morphine. B) She has metastatic cancer and is dying. C) She has greater pain with inactivity. D) She has developed tolerance to morphine.