Which of the following is TRUE regarding patients with insulin pumps?
A. Have their medication delivered via subcutaneous catheter
B. Need to be changed every four to six years
C. Eliminates the need for daily glucose monitoring
A
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SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).Your patient is a 28-year-old man who has overdosed on heroin. When you arrive on the scene, you administer naloxone and call for the ambulance service to transport him to the hospital for further treatment.Which of the following information should NOT be recorded in the patient care report?
A. Patient's heart rate was 123 bpm. B. Patient's blood pressure was 134/83 mmHg. C. Patient was placed on high flow oxygen via nonrebreather mask. D. Patient is a drug addict.
Which of the following is true regarding automated reticulocyte counts?
a. This was one of the earlier cell-counting methods to be automated. b. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is stained with various dyes that allow for detection of reticulocytes by optical scatter or fluorescence. c. They are more accurate but less precise than the manual method. d. They require significantly more time to count reticulocytes than manual methods.
How long should the steam biological indicator be incubated before the reading is recorded?
a. 1 hour b. 6 hours c. 12 hours d. 24 hours
Unit-dose medications should be crushed in the wrapper before opening
Indicate whether the statement is true or false