A stepwise approach to the pharmacologic management of asthma:
1. Begins with determining the severity of asthma and assessing asthma control
2. Is used when asthma is severe and requires daily steroids
3. Allows for each provider to determine their personal approach to the care of asthmatic patients
4. Provides a framework for the management of severe asthmatics, but is not as helpful when patients have intermittent asthma
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a. The eyeball is too long, causing light rays to focus in front of the retina. b. The eyeball is too short, causing light rays to focus in back of the retina. c. The cornea or lens has uneven curvature, so the light rays don't focus correctly on the retina. d. There is loss of vision in one eye, or more commonly, a reduction of vision in one eye.
A child has the following ABG results: pH: 7.38 pCO2: 52.6 HCO3: 32.5 The nurse interprets these results as:
1. Compensated Respiratory Acidosis. 2. Uncompensated Respiratory Alkalosis. 3. Compensated Respiratory Alkalosis. 4. Uncompensated Respiratory Acidosis.
Which of the following is best defined as a laborer whose principal employment is in agriculture on a seasonal basis, who has been so employed within the past 24 months, and who establishes for the purpose of such employment a temporary abode?
a. Seasonal farm worker b. Migrant farm worker c. Transient worker d. Share cropper
A patient who has been taking an antihypertensive medication for several years is recovering from a myocardial infarction. The prescriber changes the patient's medication to an ACE inhibitor
The patient asks the nurse why a new drug is necessary. What is the nurse's response? a. "ACE inhibitors can prevent or reverse pathologic changes in the heart's structure." b. "ACE inhibitors help lower LDL cholesterol and raise HDL cholesterol." c. "ACE inhibitors increase venous return to the heart, improving cardiac output." d. "ACE inhibitors regulate electrolytes that affect the cardiac rhythm."