What is lactic acidosis?
What will be an ideal response?
Increased formation of lactic acid from the breakdown of glucose in the presence of decreased oxygen supply, e.g., shock, severe heart failure
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What response would be expected from a nurse in the novice stage of clinical competence development when assigned to perform a morning assessment on a patient? a. Nurse uses Doppler to obtain pulses on a patient with no palpable peripheral pulses b. Reporting to the charge nurse that they cannot feel a patient's peripheral pulses and the blood pressure is only palpable c. Nurse calls for help when she finds the patient with barely palpable blood pressure and hard to arouse d. Reporting to the charge nurse that she decided to let the patient sleep until the breakfast trays arrive because the patient was sleeping so soundly
A nurse educator is teaching a student nurse how to choose the correct needle for an injection. Which of the following guidelines for needle selection might they discuss?
A) When looking at a needle package, the first number is the length in inches and the second number is the gauge or diameter of the needle. B) As the gauge number becomes larger, the size of the needle becomes smaller. C) When giving an injection, the amount of the medication directs the choice of gauge. D) The size of the syringe is directed by the viscosity of the medication to be given.
Early childhood is considered the period from:
a. birth to 3 years. b. 6 months to 2 years. c. 12 months to 3 years. d. 2 years to 8 years.
Which vitamin will reduce the therapeutic effects of levodopa?
a. A b. B6 c. C d. D