The physician has ordered torsemide 40 mg oral every morning for a patient with heart failure. The medication is supplied as torsemide 20 mg per tablet. How many tablets of torsemide would the patient receive with each dose? _________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
2 tablets
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The nurse is preparing a presentation on testicular cancer and wishes to target the age group most frequently affected
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The client tells the nurse, "I don't know what to do. The treatment plan my physician has suggested is against some of my religious beliefs." What nursing diagnosis problem statement should the nurse identify as appropriate for this client?
1. Ineffective Coping 2. Decisional Conflict 3. Impaired Religiosity 4. Anxiety
Why do some patients develop nausea and vomiting after taking aspirin?
A. Salicylates stimulate the mucopolysaccharides in the stomach causing hydrochloric acid erosion that leads to nausea and vomiting. B. Salicylates stimulate the microsomal metabolizing system in the liver, resulting in an increase in the amount of acid produced in the GI tract. C. Salicylates stimulate the medullary center known as the chemoreceptor trigger zone that directly excites the vomiting center so that emesis may occur. D. None of the above are correct.