Nicotine can be administered by which delivery system for an antismoking program?
1. Intravenously
2. Enterally
3. Sublingually
4. Transdermally
4
Various antismoking programs use nicotine patches in the form of a disc or transdermal patch.
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In the report To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health Care System (Kohn, Corrigan, & Donaldson, 2000), what kind of technology was recommended as a safe nonthreatening way to teach critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills to nurses in
specific settings? a. electronic medical records b. simulation c. quality improvement data collection systems d. PDAs
A nurse finds that a patient's temperature is increasing more than 1°C per hour when using a forced-air warming device to treat his postsurgery hypothermia. What condition might occur if this patient's temperature increases too rapidly?
A) Hypertension B) Cardiac arrest C) Hypotension D) Respiratory distress
The nurse is monitoring a patient who is receiving a blood transfusion. Which finding(s) would lead the nurse to stop the infusion? (Select all that apply.)
a. Report of chills b. Headache c. Back pain d. Report of a rash e. Fever
A newly admitted patient has the diagnosis of catatonic schizophrenia. Which behavior observed in the patient supports that diagnosis?
a. Uses a rhyming form of speech b. Refuses to eat any unwrapped foods c. Laughs when watching a sad movie d. Maintains an immobilized state for hours