A patient with renal failure wants to take an antacid for "sour stomach". The nurse needs to consider that some antacids may be dangerous when taken by patients with renal failure and should recommend which type of antacid?
a. activated charcoal
b. Al containing antacids
c. Ca containing antacids
d. Mg containing antacids
Ans: b. Al containing antacids
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A) Nausea and vomiting B) Respiratory difficulty C) Inability to drink fluids for 6 hours D) Reddish urine
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a. Erb's point. c. the apical impulse. b. the angle of Louis. d. the xiphoid process.
When a client who is in need of a lung transplant is placed on the organ donor registry according to his current health needs, this is an example of ethical:
1. Justice 2. Fidelity 3. Beneficence 4. Nonmaleficence
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