A patient is admitted to the emergency department with deep partial-thickness burns over 35% of the body. What IV solution will be started initially?
A. Dextrose 5% with saline solution
B. Warmed lactated Ringer's solution
C. Dextrose 5% with water
D. Normal saline solution
Answer: B
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Normal, healthy volunteers are used for clinical trials of new drugs during:
A. Phase I. B. Phase II. C. Phase III. D. Phase IV.
The nurse caring for a patient with general sepsis should notify the charge nurse immediately of the patient's:
a. increased lethargy. b. coughing. c. elevated blood pressure. d. cloudy urine.
The nurse is instructing a patient with rheumatoid arthritis about a prescribed exercise program. Which information should the nurse include?
a. Perform exercises every day, 3 to 10 times for every joint. b. Perform exercises even if inflammation is present. c. Perform exercises past the point of pain. d. Perform twice the number of exercises the next day if one day is missed.