Metered-dose inhalers are used to deliver specific amounts of medication. The nurse instructs the patient to:
1. never shake the inhaler medication before use.
2. exhale while squeezing the canister to deliver the medication.
3. sit upright, exhale, then activate the inhaler as the next inhalation begins.
4. hold the head back while inhaling the medication.
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The patient should exhale then activate the inhaler as the next inspiration begins. This will carry medication down into the lungs.
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Which other types of staffing would be included in this policy? 1. Outside agency 2. Part-time staff 3. Nurse extender 4. Internal float
The nurse realizes that a client with teenage children might have the additional developmental task of:
a. adjusting to parenthood. b. extended caring to aging parents. c. accepting changes in generational roles. d. reviewing life.
In intermittent IV heparin therapy, the blood for the activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) should be drawn:
1. 1 hour before the next dose. 2. 2 hours after the last dose. 3. 30 minutes before the next dose. 4. 2 1/2 hours before the next dose.
At approximately how many weeks gestation does the production of surfactant occur?
A) 36 to 40 B) 28 to 32 C) 22 to 28 D) 18 to 22