With which patient should you be prepared to administer glucagon as a drug?
a. 60-year-old with type 2 diabetes who has renal impairment
b. 42-year-old who has a blood glucose level of 25 mg/dL
c. 28-year-old who has type 2 diabetes and is in diabetic ketoacidosis
d. 10-year-old with a fasting blood glucose of 87 mg/dL
ANS: B
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A nurse wants to use the most important competency in community nursing. Which competency should the nurse use?
a. Caregiver b. Case manager c. Educator d. Epidemiologist
After drawing up heparin from a vial, the next thing the nurse should do before giving this medication to the patient is:
1. Check the syringe size and needle again. 2. Look at the color of the solution. 3. Let another nurse check the dosage. 4. Check the order one more time.
Cody is a teenager with a history of leukemia and an enlarged spleen. Today he presents with fairly significant left upper quadrant pain. On examination of this area a rough grating noise is heard. What is this sound?
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