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Following the delivery of her baby, Yuling suffers a postpartum haemorrhage, losing more than 2 litres of blood. Additional fluids are commenced and blood products are ordered. As the anaesthetic nurse, what specific treatment can you consider that may prevent Yuling from developing an SSI? Give a rationale for your answer
Yuling Zhang, 35 years old, has arrived in your perioperative unit and is booked in for a lower segment caesarean section. Her medical history indicates she has hepatitis B. She has no known allergies and weighs 87 kg. What will be an ideal response?
An expectant father has been at the bedside of his laboring partner for more than 12 hours. An appropriate nursing intervention would be to:
1. Insist that he leave the room for at least the next hour. 2. Tell him he is not being as effective as he was and that he needs to let someone else take over. 3. Offer to remain with his partner while he takes a break. 4. Suggest that the patient's mother might be of more help.
The maximum amount of parenteral medication given to a pediatric patient is which volume?
A. 0.5 mL B. 1 mL C. 2 ml D. 3 mL
A nurse is teaching a group of coworkers about the effects of drugs on receptors. Which comment by a coworker would need correction?
A. "Agonist drugs increase receptor activation." B. "Agonist drugs decrease receptor activation." C. "Antagonist drugs decrease receptor activation." D. "Local anesthetics suppress axonal conduction."