Beta blockers are the drugs of choice for exertional angina because they:
1. Improve myocardial oxygen supply by vasodilating the coronary arteries
2. Decrease myocardial oxygen demand by decreasing heart rate and vascular resistance
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
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The community health nurse is planning an education session for recently hired teachers at a childcare center. It is most important that the nurse teach the staff:
1. The schedule for immunizations. 2. How to interpret health records. 3. Principles of infection control. 4. How to take a temperature.
In light of her recent diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a 66-year-old woman has been prescribed bronchodilators and corticosteroids, both of which will be administered by metered dose inhaler
How should the nurse instruct the patient on the correct administration of her medications? A) "Gauge the dose of your medications based on the severity of your symptoms on that particular day." B) "When you're taking your inhalers, breathe in as deeply as you can and hold each breath for several seconds." C) "Inhale for several short, forceful breaths after depressing your inhaler in order to get the medication well-distributed in your lungs." D) "Exhale through your inhaler prior to and after using it so that you purge the old medication from the device."
Which of the following is a therapeutic intervention that the nurse would perform to resolve or prevent a client problem?
a. Taking the client's blood pressure b. Weighing the client daily c. Turning the client every 2 hours d. Inspecting the incision site every shift
The nurse is caring for a patient with MODS secondary to septic shock whose urine output was 10 mL for the last 2 hours. Temperature is 97 degrees, pulse is 124 and thready, and BP is 88/48. Which order is the current priority?
1. Place the patient on a warming blanket. 2. Administer isotonic fluids at 20 mL/kg/hr. 3. Draw blood for BUN and creatinine. 4. Place the patient in a kinetic bed.