Lidocaine (Xylocaine) is used in the treatment of what life-threatening dysrhythmias?
1. Atrial flutter
2. Ventricular fibrillation
3. Atrial tachycardia
4. Ventricular bradycardia
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Lidocaine (Xylocaine) is used in the treatment of life-threatening ventricular dysrhythmias.
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The nurse knows which of the following statements listed below is accurate regarding the functions and nature of cytokines relative to a variety of pathologies?
A) "A particular cytokine can have varied effects on different systems, a fact that limits their therapeutic use." B) "Cytokine production is constant over time, but effects are noted when serum levels cross a particular threshold." C) "Most cytokines are produced by granular leukocytes, and different cells are capable of producing the same cytokine." D) "Cytokine actions are self-limiting, in that activation of one precludes activation of other cytokines with similar actions."
Ketoconazole is used to treat which of the following. (Select all that apply.)
1. Blastomycosis 2. Oral thrush 3. HIV infection 4. Histoplasmosis
A nurse is teaching a class on Alzheimer's disease to a group of nurses. One of the nurses asks how a cholinesterase inhibitor drug works in the Alzheimer's patient. The nurse's best response would be
a. "It helps the healthier nerve cells transmit impulses better." b. "It promotes excretion of neurotoxins." c. "It reverses central nervous system cell degeneration." d. "It helps grow new nerve cells to replace damaged ones in the brain."
A nurse at a rehabilitation center is required to administer medications to clients via
enteral and parenteral routes. Which should the nurse be aware of with reference to enteral and parenteral administration? A) Parenteral administration means medication administration through the digestive tract B) Intradermal indicates an enteral method of medication administration C) Absorption rate of oral medications given via the enteral method is rapid D) Among parenteral injections, intravenous (IV) medications are most rapidly absorbed