The nurse caring for a patient undergoing minor surgery as an outpatient provides the same type of care as for a hospitalized patient undergoing the same procedure
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
ANS: T
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An employee uses the defense mechanism of displacement when the boss openly disagrees with suggestions. What behavior would be expected from this employee?
1. The employee assertively confronts the boss. 2. The employee leaves the staff meeting to work out in the gym. 3. The employee criticizes a coworker. 4. The employee takes the boss out to lunch.
Nerve agents are powerful acetylcholesterase inhibitors that affect the body by altering cholinergic synaptic transmission at all of the following places EXCEPT:
a. neuroeffector junctions c. cardiac myoneural junctions b. skeletal myoneural junctions d. in the central nervous system
The prescriber orders propranolol (Inderal) for a patient with a blood pressure reading of 200/106 . An electrocardiogram taken shortly afterward shows an atrioventricular (AV) block
The nurse should immediately hold the propranolol and report this finding to the prescriber for which rea-son? a. Lowering the blood pressure will require at least two different drugs. b. Beta blockers can intensify an AV block. c. Some reflex tachycardia may be associated with this agent. d. The drug may cause a cough, which might further disrupt the cardiac rhythm.
A 15-year-old male is diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis. Which of the following assess-ment findings would he most likely demonstrate? (select all that apply)
a. Lymph node enlargement b. Fever and sore throat c. Rash on the trunk and extremities d. Fatigue e. Enlargement of liver and spleen