What is the most commonly used drug among children and adolescents in the United States?
a. Alcohol
b. Marijuana
c. Methamphetamine
d. MFMA (ecstasy)
e. Steroids
Ans: a. Alcohol
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A) Once a day B) Twice a day C) Three times a day D) Every 4 hours
Which of the following best explains why the school nurse and the principal athletic director of the school would frequently be working together?
a. As neither are teachers, each is susceptible to job layoffs if the community school tax levy does not pass. b. As support staff to teachers, they have many mutual problems in communicating how they can help teachers be more successful. c. Both are extremely concerned with the typical student's low amount of physical exercise and want to create an intervention plan. d. Both have to create a budget plan and allocate funds for their department for the year.
A patient comes to the emergency department with an evisceration after a knife attack. What is the best nursing intervention related to the exposed bowel?
a. Gently replace the bowel into the abdo-minal cavity. b. Place a sterile wrapped sandbag on the abdomen to prevent further evisceration. c. Place the patient in a high Fowler position to allow the bowel to drop back into the abdominal cavity. d. Cover the bowel with a moist saline dressing.
What laboratory data result would indicate complications of peritonitis? (Select all that apply.)
A. A positive blood culture B. A WBC count of 20,000 C. An elevated serum amylase level D. The presence of WBCs in the urine