According to the research of Shepard Siegel, environmental cues that are present while taking morphine (an analgesic drug) produce
A. a heightened analgesic effect
B. a lessened analgesic effect
C. a heightened sense of identification to the location where the drug is being
used
D. little or no effect on one's response to the drug
B. a lessened analgesic effect
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A) Wearing gloves B) Using aseptic technique C) Meticulous handwashing D) Disinfecting all equipment
A patient is being treated for an acute hypersensitivity reaction. Which assessment findings indicate that the patient is developing an alteration in cardiac output?
Select all that apply. 1. Lethargy 2. Itchy skin 3. Urine output 15 mL/hr 4. Prolonged capillary refill 5. Blood pressure 98/50 mmHg
On admission to the hospital, nurses should ask clients specifically about their use of nutritional supplements because:
a. the health care provider will want to prescribe the same brand as the client has been taking. b. the hospital pharmacist may need to special order these preparations. c. many people do not consider nutritional supplements to be medications and will not report taking them. d. the dietician will need the information.
The nurse is assessing a client in the third trimester of pregnancy. What physiologic changes in the client are expected? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. The client's chest circumference has increased by 6 cm during the pregnancy. 2. The client has a narrowed subcostal angle. 3. The client is using thoracic breathing. 4. The client may have epistaxis. 5. The client has a productive cough.