A patient receiving oxytocin has 17 contractions in 30 minutes. According to the NICHD guidelines, this is called
A. Hyperstimulation
B. Hypertonus
C. Tachysystole
Ans: C. Tachysystole
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A nurse assessing welts on the body of a 2-year-old Vietnamese child should consider the skin lesions might be the result of the cultural practice of __________
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The patient decides to discontinue standard medical treatment for diabetes mellitus and to rely on diet and herbal medications for blood sugar control. Which statement, made by the nurse, is most appropriate?
1. You are an adult and can do anything you want to do. 2. Don't you know that you are gambling with your health? 3. Why did you decide to make this change? 4. We need to talk about how medications work to control diabetes mellitus.
Patients who have a poor metabolism phenotype will have:
1. Slowed metabolism of a prodrug into an active drug, leading to accumulation of prodrug 2. Accumulation of inactive metabolites of drugs 3. A need for increased dosages of medications 4. Increased elimination of an active drug
A 77-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department by her family after she has had diarrhea for 3 days. The family tells the nurse that she has not been eating or drinking well, but that she has been taking her diuretics for congestive heart failure (CHF). Laboratory results include a potassium level of 7.0 mEq/L. Which medication(s) does the nurse anticipate administering?
A. Insulin (regular insulin) and dextrose (D20W) B. Loperamide (Imodium) C. Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) D. Supplemental potassium