The physician has ordered the patient hydrochlorothiazide. What assessment should the nurse make before administering the first dose of hydrochlorothiazide?
A) Pulse rate
B) Hemoglobin level
C) Sulfonamide allergy
D) Neutrophil level
C
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Thiazide diuretics must be used cautiously in patients allergic to sulfonamide drugs because there is a known cross-sensitivity of some sulfonamide-allergic patients to sulfonamide nonantibiotic. It is not imperative to assess pulse, hemoglobin, or neutrophil levels.
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A) Both the UAP and the nurse B) The UAP C) The nurse manager on the unit D) The nurse
An order has been received to prepare 100 g of a 2% hydrocortisone ointment from hydrocortisone
powder and petroleum jelly. How many grams of petroleum jelly would you add? A. 2 B. 50 C. 68 D. 98
Which occurs with individual evidence-based practice efforts?
A) Tend to be less formalized approach than organizational evidence-based practice. B) Must take organizational factors into account. C) Must take interpersonal factors into account. D) Triggers for an individual project include pressing clinical problems.
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1. The rate of poverty in the United States is less than that of other industrialized Western nations. 2. Trends include a decrease in the working poor in all regions. 3. African-American and Hispanic children are the least affected by poverty. 4. One out of three children lives in a single-parent household.