The nurse is preparing to administer high-dose methylprednisolone to a client diagnosed with a spinal cord injury. The nurse realizes that for this medication to be most effective treatment should begin:
1. within 8 hours of injury.
2. between 8 and 12 hours of injury.
3. between 12 and 24 hours of injury.
4. 48 hours after the injury.
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Early treatment of spinal cord trauma with large doses of methylprednisolone have been shown to be extremely effective in the prevention of spinal cord damage after trauma occurs if administered within 8 hours of injury. Providing this medication after 8 hours following an injury is less effective in the prevention of spinal cord damage after a traumatic event.
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A) True B) False
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A) "Would you like to talk to someone?" B) "Everyone dies eventually." C) "You are afraid of death; what concerns you most about death?" D) "You may live for several years."
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1. Clonodine 2. Oral furosemide 3. Nitroprusside 4. Captopril