What form of drug is placed under the tongue?

Oral
Transdermal
Topical
Buccal
Sublingual


Sublingual

Rationale: Sublingual drugs are placed beneath the tongue and allowed to dissolve.

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Patients who are treating alcohol abuse should not be given ________ in the dental office

fluoride antibiotics anesthetics mouthwash

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A construction worker was accidentally shot with a nail gun. The nail penetrated the skull approximately ½ inch through the temporal region. Before your arrival, coworkers pulled the nail free. Based on the mechanism of injury, which sign provides the strongest evidence that the meningeal layers have been breached?

A) Blood draining from the puncture wound B) Crepitus of the skull at the injury site C) Deformity and depression at the injury site D) Cerebrospinal fluid oozing from the puncture wound

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A patient has a 1200 mL IV that has been dispensing the medication for 8 hours at 150 mL/hr. After 3 hours, how much of the IV bag has been infused?

What will be an ideal response?

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