A client is prescribed a vasoactive intravenous medication to maintain a normal blood pressure. Which of the following is not a vasoactive medication?
1. Amiodarone
2. Dopamine hydrochloride
3. Nitroprusside sodium
4. Norepinephrine
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Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic medication that is used for life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias and management of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. All of the other medications are classified as vasoactive.
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1. State 2. Federal 3. County 4. State and federal
An 85-year-old male patient complains of lower back pain, painful urination, and nocturia. His temperature is within his normal range, 97.6°F. Which of the following pairs of tests and diagnoses is most likely related to these urinary symptoms?
A) Simple urinalysis, acute bacterial prostatitis B) Ultrasound of the prostate, chronic bacterial prostatitis C) Fluid intake and output (I&O), acute bacterial prostatitis D) Special clean-catch with prostatic secretions, chronic bacterial prostatitis
A patient with a diabetic foot ulcer says, "My friend took some kind of oxygen chamber treatments for her wound a year or so ago and it healed right up. Would that work for me?" What should the nurse consider prior to responding?
1. The treatment is contraindicated for people with diabetes because of the potential for hypoglycemia. 2. The technology does not improve the status of ulcers on the lower extremities. 3. Hyperbaric therapy is no longer being done because of the fire hazards involved. 4. Hyperbaric therapy has some inherent dangers but has been proven effective in helping to heal wounds.
The perinatal nurse describes risk factors for placenta previa to the student nurse. Placenta previa risk factors include:
Select all answers that apply: A) Cocaine use B) Tobacco use C) Previous caesarean birth D) Previous use of medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera)