Although alcohol is clearly a ____ drug, it is often misclassified because low doses release the ____ from inhibitory control.
A. depressant, cerebral cortex
B. depressant, medulla
C. stimulant, medulla
D. stimulant, cerebral cortex
Answer: A. depressant, cerebral cortex
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a. Quality assurance b. Incident reporting c. OBRA d. Peer review
What is true about the actions that a nurse should take when accessing information about evidence-based practice from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality?
1. A representative from the agency must visit the facility to present an educational session regarding EBP. 2. The nurse or healthcare facility should purchase a book on EBP. 3. The organization requires that nurses or facilities subscribe to a print journal to access the information. 4. The information is available on the organization's Web site.
Your patient, a 62-year-old white male whose chief complaint is abdominal discomfort, is jaundiced and has an enlarged abdomen. The patient denies any tenderness after you perform fist percussion over his liver. This finding most likely indicates
a. a normal finding. b. hepatitis. c. insensitivity to pain associated with a grossly enlarged liver. d. obstructed bile ducts.
The indication for the use of tocolytic agents is to:
a. augment labor. b. control postpartum bleeding. c. induce abortion. d. suppress preterm labor.