Crushing or altering sustained-release medications has no effect on the dose administered
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
FALSE
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A) Gender B) Ethnicity C) Body weight D) Diet
The research tradition known as hermeneutics is closely allied with what other research tradition?
A) Ethnography B) Phenomenology C) Ethology D) Symbolic interaction
The client asks the nurse why an ACE inhibitor has been prescribed following a MI. What is the best response by the nurse?
1. "This medication will lower your potassium level." 2. "ACE inhibitors have been found to reduce mortality following MI." 3. "ACE inhibitors are always prescribed with a beta blocker and calcium channel blocker following a MI." 4. "This medication will treat your hypotension."
Upon which aspects of patient care within the hospital should an infection control nurse focus?
A. Operating rooms and the emergency department, where open wounds are frequent B. Patients with indwelling portals of entry, such as Hickman catheters C. The cleaning/maintenance persons, who must maintain high standards of cleanliness in the hospital D. Those patients admitted for a brief time to undergo outpatient surgery