The DESI process has been set up to evaluate
A. the effectiveness of existing OTC drugs
2 B. the effectiveness of existing prescription drugs
C. the safety of existing OTC drugs
D. the safety of existing prescription drugs
2 B. the effectiveness of existing prescription drugs
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1. 50 mg/dL 2. 100 mg/dL 3. 250 mg/dL 4. 300 mg/dL
An older patient is diagnosed with bacteremia. What should the nurse suspect as being the cause of this patient's health problem? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Pneumonia 2. Herpes zoster 3. Antibiotic use 4. Infected leg wound 5. Urinary tract infection
As a nurse manager, you have been offered a position at a Veterans Administration hospital. In accepting the position, it is important for you to understand that veterans hospitals provide:
a. Primary care and are privately funded. b. A range of services and are responsible to government and taxpayers. c. Secondary care only and are publicly ad-ministered and funded. d. Services to veterans under an HMO.
A patient with asthma is admitted to an emergency department with a respiratory rate of 22 breaths per minute, a prolonged expiratory phase, tight wheezes, and an oxygen saturation of 90% on room air
The patient reports using fluticasone [Flovent HFA] 110 mcg twice daily and has used 2 puffs of albuterol [Proventil HFA], 90 mcg/puff, every 4 hours for 2 days. The nurse will expect to administer which drug? a. Four puffs of albuterol, oxygen, and intravenous theophylline b. Intramuscular glucocorticoids and salme-terol by metered-dose inhaler c. Intravenous glucocorticoids, nebulized albuterol and ipratropium, and oxygen d. Intravenous theophylline, oxygen, and fluticasone (Flovent HFA) 220 mcg