A child admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis is demonstrating Kussmaul respirations. Thenurse determines that the increased respiratory rate is a compensatory mechanism for which acid base alteration?
A. Metabolic alkalosis
B. Respiratory acidosis
C. Respiratory alkalosis
D. Metabolic acidosis
Ans: D. Metabolic acidosis
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A) Mesna B) Cyclosporine C) Leucovorin D) Nystatin
Staff members take an aggressive patient to seclusion. Before leaving the patient in the room, the priority action should be
a. remove potentially harmful objects from the patient. b. require the patient to use the bathroom. c. have the patient lie on the bed. d. offer the patient fluids.
A patient is prescribed to take insulin Glargine once per day and regular insulin four times per day. The first dose of regular insulin occurs at the same time of the day as the insulin Glargine dose
Which technique does the nurse use to administer these two drugs? a. Drawing up and injecting the insulin Glargine first, then drawing up and injecting the dose of regular insulin. b. Drawing up and injecting the insulin Glargine first, waiting 1 hour, then drawing up and injecting the dose of regular insulin. c. First drawing up the dose of regular insulin, then drawing up the dose of insulin Glargine in the same syringe, followed by injecting the two insulins together. d. First drawing up the dose of insulin Glargine, then drawing up the dose of regular insulin in the same syringe, followed by injecting the two insulins together.
Which aspect of a biological agent is probably the most frightening to those exposed?
a. Infectivity b. Invasiveness c. Pathogenicity d. Virulence