A patient exposed to anthrax by inhalation is being treated in the local hospital. What signs and symptoms would indicate that the patient is in the second stage of infection?
A) Headache
B) Vomiting
C) Syncope
D) Respiratory distress
D
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A patient is diagnosed with infective endocarditis. Which of the following medications is most effective in treating this patient?
A) Dicloxacillin B) Ampicillin C) Nafcillin D) Oxacillin
You have gone by ambulance to a construction site where an adult male is lying on the street. The only information you have is that he fell three stories. His neck is immobilized with sacks of concrete mix on either side
Your first action should be to determine: a. airway patency. b. bleeding sites. c. cranial nerve function. d. limb position.
A client with urinary incontinence asks the nurse what contributed to the development of the incontinence. The nurse decides the client needs more instruction when the client states which of the following?
1. "Incontinence is a result of my increasing age.". 2. "A disturbance of my bladder is a factor in the development of incontinence.". 3. "Relaxation of pelvic muscles may be a factor in incontinence.". 4. "Reduced urethral resistance can be a cause of incontinence.".
Which of the following is the first step in evidence-based practice?
a. The search for, and retrieval of, evidence. b. The translation of uncertainty to an answerable question. c. The evaluation of performance and effectiveness. d. The critical appraisal of evidence for validity, clinical relevance and applicability.