State the action of the corticosteroids.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary.
• There are two types of corticosteroids: glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids. Glucocorticoids stimulate the breakdown of protein molecules into carbohydrates. Mineralocorticoids regulate the body's salt-water balance by stimulating the kidneys to retain sodium and excrete potassium.
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A. Discuss physical changes related to puberty. B. Discuss smoking and substance abuse. C. Provide simple explanations for questions. D. Read short stories daily to help language. E. School-age children require 8 to 12 hours of sleep each night.
A nurse documents that the fetal heart rate variability is marked. This indicates that the range is greater than how many beats per minute? Record your answer as a whole number. _____ bpm
Fill in the blank with correct word.
These statements are about apical-radial pulses. Which is correct?
a. The rates should be the same. b. The apical rate should be greater than the radial rate. c. The radial rate should be greater than the apical rate. d. The radial rate can be higher than the api-cal rate.
A patient has received furosemide (Lasix), 40 mg orally, 30 minutes ago. To prevent injury to the patient, what does the nurse do?
a. Assist the patient to the bathroom b. Keep the patient on bed rest c. Place all four side rails in the elevated position d. Ask the patient to get out of bed rapidly