What is palliative care?
a. End of life medical treatment
b. Comfort care measures
c. CPR
d. Artificial feeding and hydration
B
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A) Atorvastatin calcium (Lipitor) B) Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) C) Hydralazine hydrochloride D) Digoxin (Lanoxin)
A nurse is providing a patient with a list of drugs as a part of the patient's plan of care. Which of the following drug nomenclatures should the nurse use to list the drugs?
A) The drugs' chemical names B) The drugs' generic names C) The drugs' trade names D) The drugs' biologic names
Which action by the nurse manager is a demonstration of satisficing?
1. The nurse manager works with the staffing schedule until all requested days off are honored. 2. The nurse manager reposts a job opening because no applicants were a good fit for the current unit staff. 3. The nurse manager agrees with a proposed budget that does not provide badly needed new client beds. 4. The nurse manager insists on firing a nurse who is chronically late to work.
To relieve angina pectoris symptoms, the nurse administers nitroglycerin sublingual to the patient. Which of the following is an action of nitroglycerin?
A) Decreases myocardial oxygen consumption B) Causes venous constriction C) Decreases collateral circulation in the heart D) Causes arterial constriction