The prescriber orders 1500 mg three times per day for 1 week. Is this a safe, accurate order?
What will be an ideal response?
The dosage is within the recommended range but the duration of 1 week exceeds recommendations. Call prescriber.
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a. "Client is angry." b. "Client is in a hostile mood." c. "Client states, ‘I'm in excruciating pain.' Grimacing, clenched fists noted." d. "Client is uncooperative during the assessment process."
A set of logically interrelated propositions is associated with which of the following?
A) Schematic model B) Conceptual model C) Classical theory D) Descriptive theory
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a. disinhibit transpeptidases. b. disrupt bacterial cell wall synthesis. c. inhibit autolysins. d. inhibit host cell wall function.
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a. choosing b. communicating c. perceiving d. relating