The newest class of drugs for type 2 diabetes is called sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors. What is an SGLT-2?
A. An enzyme in the small intestine responsible for breaking down complex carbohydrates into monosaccharides.
B. A hormone secreted by the mucosa of the small intestine following a meal.
C. An enzyme in the kidney tubule that causes glucose to be reasorbed from the urine
Ans: C. An enzyme in the kidney tubule that causes glucose to be reasorbed from the urine
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To detect a "thrill" upon cardiac assessment, the nurse will perform
A) inspection of the chest. B) palpation of the chest. C) percussion of the lung fields. D) auscultation of the heart sounds.
As a nurse manager, you realize that your unit has become a toxic environment in which horizontal violence and incivility has become common. In addressing the problem, you decide to implement which of the following?
a. Increased education in clinical skills b. Follow-up of all reports of violence c. Training in conflict resolution and team-building d. Posting of the institutional policy on vi-olence at the nursing station
A history and assessment of a patient with normal pressure hydrocephalus will most likely reveal:
A) no change in mental status. B) acute dementia. C) bowel incontinence. D) an older adult.
An ECG machine's sensitivity must be calibrated so that a 1-mV electrical signal will produce a deflection measuring exactly _____-mm tall
a. 0.5 b. 1 c. 5 d. 10