In addition to dopamine agonists, other drug classes used to treat Parkinson disease include all of the following except:
A. MAO B inhibitors.
B. catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors.
C. SSRIs.
D. anticholinergics.
Ans: C. SSRIs.
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a. skin color. b. degree of edema. c. edges of the episiotomy. d. episiotomy for discharge.
Postpoliomyelitis syndrome is seen in about 50% of patients who had the poliomyelitis virus many years ago. While the pathophysiology is not understood, what should the nurse anticipate?
1. caring for patients with progressive muscle weakness, fatigue, and pain; muscle atrophy and scoliosis 2. a new outbreak of polio and the need for a new immunization program 3. caring for patients with respiratory complications who must be quarantined 4. working with patients who have polio again
A nurse interviews a homeless parent with two teenage children. To best assess the family's use of resources, the nurse should ask
a. "Can you describe a problem your family has successfully resolved?" b. "What community agencies have you found helpful in the past?" c. "Do you feel you have adequate resources to survive?" d. "What is one thing you dislike about this family?"
When a patient came to the emergency department, he signed a general consent for treatment. While waiting to be seen, the patient experiences cardiac arrest and is subsequently resuscitated, stabilized, and admitted to the intensive care unit
The emergency nurse realizes that the patient's consent for resuscitative treatment would be considered: 1. Implied. 2. Informed. 3. Expected. 4. Blanket.