What effect do amphetamines have on the human body?
A. They stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system.
B. They increase the amounts of norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA) within the brain.
C. They decrease endurance and increase feelings of fatigue.
D. They deactivate the mesolimbic dopamine system.
Answer: B
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1. Performing procedures that provide data for diagnosis and assessment. 2. Acting independently to care for clients. 3. Making sure others take care of one's clients. 4. Performing any duty assigned, regardless of experience.
The patient presents to the emergency department with muscle spasms in the back. What types of injury would the nurse recognize can result in muscle spasm? (Select all that apply.)
A) Overstretching a muscle B) Wrenching a joint C) Tearing a tendon or ligament D) Breaking a bone E) Exercising too vigorously.
A client with chronic pain from spinal stenosis has asked the nurse for assistance with pain management. The client is well dressed and composed, with normal vital signs
The nurse observes that the client grimaces when sitting but rates the pain at only a 2. The nurse suspects which of the following? The client: 1. Needs to exercise instead of taking pain medication. 2. Is not in severe pain and does not need treatment. 3. Is getting better. 4. Has adapted to the pain and is able to control behaviors.
Asymmetric BPs are seen in which of the following conditions?
A) Coronary artery disease B) Congenital narrowing of the aorta C) Diffuse atherosclerosis D) Vasculitis, as seen in systemic lupus erythematosus