The nurse encourages the patient with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) that buspirone (BuSpar) has the benefit of:
a. less time to reach therapeutic level.
b. decreased risk of dependence.
c. increased sedation.
d. inhibiting serotonin reuptake.
B
BuSpar creates less dependency and decreased sedation.
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A. Love and belonging B. Physiological needs C. Self-actualization
The nurse is teaching a patient about hemodialysis. How should the nurse explain this process?
remove waste products as well as correct fluid and electrolyte imbalances. 2. It allows a choice of either diffusion osmosis or ultrafiltration to remove excess water from the body. 3. It adds potassium to the blood when passing through the dialyzer and works on the principle of diffusion. 4. It will add electrolytes and water to the blood when passing through a semipermeable membrane to correct electrolyte imbalances.
Which patient is at greatest risk for developing a hematologic problem while receiving rasburicase?
a. 32-year-old patient taking chemotherapy for kidney cancer b. 42-year-old patient who has a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency c. 52-year-old patient who has a deficiency of the enzyme alpha-1-antitrypsin d. 62-year-old patient who was first diagnosed with gout at the age of 21 years
The nurse manager at a nursing home wanted to use creative thinking to solve the problem of residents' borrowing each other's cigarettes without permission
First, the nurse manager called two licensed staff members into her office to discuss the problem. Next, she called in the nursing assistant to join the group. Finally, she called in the social worker to join the group. The nurse manager employed which technique to solve the problem? a. Ladder of abstraction b. Think tanks c. Stepladder technique d. Delphi technique