A patient suffers from recurrent sinus infections. Which of the following medications will be prescribed to decrease sinus inflammation?
A) Cortisone
B) Prednisone
C) Dexamethasone (Decadron)
D) Mometasone (Nasonex)
D
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The nurse is planning care for a client admitted with a new diagnosis of bipolar disorder. During the manic phase of the disorder, the nurse plans interventions that decrease the risk for violence to others, which would include:
1. encouraging the client to join a basketball game. 2. encouraging the client to participate in group activities. 3. encouraging activities that minimize stimuli. 4. responding to agitation by restraining the client.
A patient who has an upper respiratory infection accompanied by severe cough has been given an antitussive medication with codeine. The patient asks why codeine is part of the prescribed drug
Which is the most appropriate response of the health care provider? a. Codeine suppresses cough because it has a depressant effect on the sensory cortex of the brain. b. Codeine suppresses cough because it has a depressant effect on the cough center in the medulla. c. Codeine suppresses cough because it provides local anesthesia on stretch receptors in the lungs. d. Codeine suppresses cough because it stimulates the limbic system of the brain.
The advanced nurse practitioner believes that he should spend as much time with each patient as the patient desires. Does this practice raise ethical challenges?
1. No, this is the way all nursing should be practiced. 2. Yes, this practice reflects poorly on the nurse's physician colleagues. 3. Yes, if this practice makes other patients wait past their own appointment times. 4. No, patients should expect to wait in any health care provider's office.
The nurse is working with a child with severe burns who is not eating much. What strategy will the nurse most likely use to get the child to eat more?
a. Explain how eating more helps a person get well quicker. b. Offer rewards for eating more. c. Serve food more often. d. Have other children or family members eat with this child.