Generic drugs are usually
A. more effective than a trade name equivalent.
B. less expensive that the trade name equivalent.
C. less effective than a trade name equivalent.
D. more expensive than the trade name equivalent.
Answer: B
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A) Continue suctioning the patient until no more secretions are obtained. B) Perform chest physiotherapy rather than nasotracheal suctioning. C) Wait several minutes and then repeat suctioning. D) Perform postural drainage and then repeat suctioning.
The nurse assessing a patient's wound notes pale red watery drainage. The nurse documents this finding as:
a. serous drainage. b. purulent drainage. c. sanguineous drainage. d. serosanguineous drainage.
The nurse needs to change a patient's abdominal wound dressing. Which techniques should the nurse use?
1. standard precautions 2. contact precautions 3. droplet precautions 4. airborne precautions
A 26-year-old patient sustained a head injury at the age of 19. The patient has been on antiepileptic drugs and seizure free since 8 months after the accident and wants to discontinue the medications. What is the nurse's best response?
1. "Stop the medications now, and keep an accurate seizure chart to determine if medications need to be reinstituted." 2. "Wait a full 10 years after the last seizure; then it is probably safe to stop the medication." 3. "Antiepileptic drugs will be needed for life." 4. "The dose must be gradually reduced so as not to precipitate status epilepticus."