Which of the following questions would be most important for a nurse to ask a female patient who is starting on an angiotensin II receptor blocker for hypertension?
A) "Do you eat something when you take your medications?"
B) "How much physical exercise do you get?"
C) "When was your last menstrual period?"
D) "Have you always weighed 150 pounds?"
C
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How does the researcher know that a certain framework is the correct one for a planned research study?
a. The framework has been tested, using quantitative research. b. The framework contains concepts that the researcher is studying. c. Relationships among concepts are similar to the ones the researcher is studying. d. Grounded theory research generated the framework. e. The framework helps explain the anticipated or expected research results. f. The type of research selected by the researcher (the method) agrees with the relationships in the framework.
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a. scoliosis c. osteoporosis b. kyphosis d. lordosis
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A) increasingly administer narcotics to oversedate the patient and thereby decrease pain B) continue to change the analgesics until the right narcotic is found that completely alleviates the pain C) adapt the analgesics as the nursing assessment reveals the need for specific medications D) withhold analgesics as they are not being effective in relieving discomfort