A patient has severe P. falciparum malaria and is unable to tolerate oral medications. Which regimen is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved treatment of choice for this patient?
a) Intravenous quinidine gluconate plus intravenous doxycycline [Vibramycin]
b) Intravenous artesunate followed by atovaquone/proguanil [Malarone]
c) Intravenous quinine [Qualaquin] plus intravenous clindamycin
d) Intravenous mefloquine plus intravenous primaquine
a) Intravenous quinidine gluconate plus intravenous doxycycline [Vibramycin]
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A) Tell the employee you will think about flextime, although you have no intention of making a change. B) Ask the employee the names of all the employees who want the change so you can be aware of potential troublemakers. C) Plan to let employees air their views at the next staff meeting. D) Attempt to eliminate this idea by dropping hints that upper management will never go for flextime.
You recently graduated from nursing school and are now working on a pediatric unit. It is important for you to make sound decisions that can potentially affect your personal and professional life
In order to be effective in your decision-making ability, you decide to do which of the following each time a major issue occurs? Select all that apply. a. Trust yourself b. Make only those decisions that are yours to make c. Procrastinate as long as possible since you are a recent graduate d. Only consider your decision if it affects you e. Leave patient care decisions to the more expert nurses f. Write down pros and cons of an issue to help clarify your thinking
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a. Determine if the cardiac troponin level is elevated. b. Auscultate heart and breath sounds during insertion. c. Place the patient on NPO status before the procedure. d. Attach cardiac monitoring leads before the procedure.
The nurse working in a free health clinic explains to a student nurse the risk factors for genital herpes infections. Which of the following accurately describes one of these factors?
A) A monogamous relationship B) Higher socioeconomic status C) Age ranging from 20 to 40 years D) Minority ethnic origin