The client is due to receive codeine in combination with acetaminophen. The nurse recognizes that the dosage will be on which controlled substance schedule?
a. II
b. III
c. IV
d. V
ANS: B
Once acetaminophen is added to codeine, it becomes a Schedule III drug.
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The nurse is reviewing the serum laboratory values of a patient just admitted with traumatic injuries. Which laboratory value might be abnormally elevated because of the trauma?
1. Potassium 2. Hemoglobin 3. Glucose 4. Sodium
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When presenting the information to her nurse manager, the nurse discusses the recommended generalist nurse's abilities that the AACN proposes for nursing. Which of the following abilities should the generalist nurse be able to perform with technology? A) Participate in decisions regarding the use of demographic data B) Use technology to advance patient education at the bedside C) Use appropriate technologies to assess and monitor hospital practices D) Adapt the use of technologies to meet the nurse's needs
A 66-year-old client arrives in the emergency department complaining of crushing chest pain following a large meal 4 hours before the onset. The pain has been recurring over the last several hours
The nurse assesses the client for presence of cardiac risk factors and finds none. The client asks the nurse if this means that there is no chance the client is having a cardiac event. How should the nurse respond? 1. "Even though you have no cardiac risk factors, it is still possible to have cardiac problems. We will want to completely evaluate you before we discharge you to home.". 2. "Since you have no cardiac risk factors, you probably have a respiratory illness, such as a cold, that is causing your chest pain. We will draw some blood, but will let you go home soon.". 3. "You have no cardiac risk factors, so the only reason you would be having chest pain now is related to how much you have eaten recently.". 4. "Since you have no cardiac risk factors, your chest pain is likely related to gallbladder disease, so there is no need to draw lab work.".