The cardiac enzyme creatine kinase (CK) will have its peak level at what time after onset of the infarction?
A) between 2 to 4 hours
B) between 6 to 8 hours
C) between 24 to 28 hours
D) between 36 to 48 hours
C
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A) Blood transfusions B) Chest tube placement C) Nutritional support D) Prophylactic antibiotics
Most of the antiretroviral drugs are toxic to the:
1. myocardium. 2. central nervous system. 3. kidney. 4. liver.
One of the newest concepts in providing long-term care is called aging in place. What is the best description of this type of care?
A) Clients move to an independent living apartment or home, then have access to increasing health care services as needed, provided within the health care community where they live. B) Clients move into the nursing home, and access more and more services as required in the same facility. C) A long-term-care facility, associated with a hospital, that provides acute care services as needed so the client can return to long term care. D) Clients are maintained in their own homes with home health care.
The nurse is caring for an older client whose ear canals are impacted with hard cerumen. Which action by the nurse is best to remove the cerumen?
a. Instruct the client to put a few drops of mineral oil into each ear every evening and to schedule the irrigation for 3 days later. b. Aim the irrigation fluid directly at the center of the cerumen to facilitate dis-solving the impaction. c. Administer 10 mg of prochlorperazine (Compazine) to prevent nausea during ir-rigation of the ears. d. Irrigate the ears with 35 to 40 mL of ste-rile normal saline and repeat as needed until the cerumen is cleared.