What is total peripheral resistance (TPR) determined by??
A) Electrical stimulation
B) Systemic circulation
C) Blood flow between the heart and the lungs
D) Pulmonary circulation
B
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a. Spiritual distress b. Impaired religiosity c. Moral distress d. Decisional conflict
The nurse is administering amiodarone to a patient who is being treated for a ventricular arrhythmia
The patient has received a bolus of 150 mg of amiodarone IV and is now receiving a continuous infusion of 1 mg/minute. The nurse notes a heart rate of 60 beats per minute and a blood pressure of 88/54 mm Hg. The nurse will notify the provider and perform which other action? a. Continue the amiodarone infusion at 1 mg/minute. b. Decrease the rate of the amiodarone infusion to 0.5 mg/minute. c. Increase the rate of the amiodarone infusion to 1.5 mg/minute. d. Stop the infusion of amiodarone.
Which of the following indicates that the nurse is culturally sensitive?
a. Allowing a Hispanic-American client's extended family into the room b. Talking loudly to an Asian-American staff nurse c. Firmly shaking hands with a Native American client d. Standing face to face with an African-American staff nurse
The nurse has to use descriptive terms, abbreviations, and acronyms in charting. The nurse is making an entry in the medication administration record and needs to write an abbreviation for the administration of a medication before meals
Which is the correct abbreviation for before meals? A) AC B) BM C) IM D) PC