An infant girl is prescribed digoxin. You would teach her parents that the action of this drug is to
A) slow and strengthen her heartbeat.
B) increase her heart rate.
C) thicken the walls of the myocardium.
D) prevent subacute bacterial endocarditis.
A
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a. Urine creatinine b. Indirect bilirubin c. Serum creatinine d. White blood cells
Which of the following statements best conveys an aspect of the respiratory pressures that govern ventilation?
A) Intrapleural pressure slightly exceeds that of the inflated lung. B) The chest wall exerts positive pressure on the lungs that contributes to expiration. C) The lungs are prevented from collapsing by constant positive intrapulmonary pressure. D) Negative intrapleural pressure holds the lungs against the chest wall.
A patient on the neurological unit is in status epilepticus. The nurse knows that which of the following medications may be given to halt the seizure immediately?
A) Intravenous phenobarbital (Luminal) B) Intravenous diazepam (Valium) C) Oral lorazepam (Ativan) D) Oral phenytoin (Dilantin)