A nurse gives a medication that inhibits acetylcholinesterase. How would this drug affect autonomic activity?
a. Parasympathetic activity would increase.
b. Parasympathetic signals would be depressed.
c. Sympathetic activity would increase.
d. Respiratory centers would be depressed.
a
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a. Voted and wrote members of congress and state legislators b. Participated as a member of a professional nursing organization c. Ran for a political office and served society as a whole d. Educated patients about their medications before discharge
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a. One component is identity. b. One component is coping. c. One component is body image. d. One component is role performance.
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A. Chlorhexidine B. Silver nitrate C. Benzoyl peroxide D. Povidone-iodine