To treat pituitary dwarfism, normal growth and development can be restored by administering growth hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology
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The nurse is preparing to administer a unit of platelets to an adult patient. When administering this blood product, which of the following actions should the nurse perform?
A) Administer the platelets as rapidly as the patient can tolerate. B) Establish IV access as soon as the platelets arrive from the blood bank. C) Ensure that the patient has a patent central venous catheter. D) Aspirate 10 to 15 mL of blood from the patient's IV immediately following the transfusion.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) belongs to a group of viruses known as retroviruses. Which of the following patients is at the greatest risk of contracting HIV?
A) Injecting drug user B) Female homosexual C) Blood transfusion recipient in 1995 D) Health care provider
A patient is diagnosed with a hormone-secreting tumor of the pancreas alpha cells. Which of the following would the nurse expect to be most likely increased in this patient?
a. Amylin b. Glucagon c. Insulin d. Somatostatin
Which statement about insulin administration is correct?
a. insulin may be given orally, IV, or subcut. b. insulin injections should be spaced no closer than 1/2 inch apart c. rotating injection sites improves absorption and prevents lipohypertrophy d. shake the bottle of intermediate-acting insulin and then draw it into the syringe