If a healthy persons blood glucose level is 120 mg/dL, his or her body would respond by releasing
a. glucagon.
b. somatostatin.
c. insulin.
d. epinephrine.
Answer: c. insulin.
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A) Treatment of hemophilia B) Prevention and treatment of pulmonary emboli C) Treatment of atrial fibrillation with embolization D) Prevention and treatment of venous thrombosis E) Diagnosis and treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
Your client walks "like a duck." What type of abnormal fixed position of the feet does your client have?
1. congenial dysplasia 2. metatarsus valgus 3. metatarsus varus 4. clubfoot
A nurse is discussing health maintenance with the parent of a newborn infant. Which statement by the parent indicates understanding of ways to reduce the incidence of otitis media?
a. "I should hold my baby in an upright position during feeding." b. "I should keep my baby out of day care during cold and flu season." c. "My baby should not use a pacifier after 6 months of age." d. "The pneumococcal vaccine will prevent my baby from getting ear infections."
Y.W. weighs 158 pounds. The pharmacy-supplied infusion bottle reads "propofol (Diprivan)
500 mg/50 mL." At how many milliliters per hour would you set the infusion pump? (Round to the nearest hundredth.) What will be an ideal response?