A nurse counsels a patient who is to begin opioids to manage cancer pain. It is important to include the fact that tolerance will not develop to which opioid effect?
1. Sedation
2. Respiratory depression
3. Urinary retention
4. Constipation
Correct Answer: 4
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Anorexia nervosa is a disorder that is
1. serious. 2. uncommon. 3. psychiatric. 4. life threatening.
Medications administered under the tongue are said to be given:
a. buccally. c. intra-articularly. b. sublingually. d. intratracheally.
What is the first major step that a nurse researcher must undertake in a qualitative analysis?
A) A search for major themes B) Entering information into files C) The use of quasi-statistics D) Developing a system for organizing and indexing the data
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a patient must: (Select all that apply.)
a. Provide his true name in order to be treated b. Be informed of his privacy rights c. Have his personal health information used for treatment or payment only d. Have his personal health information used on a need-to-know basis only