Eszopiclone (Lunesta) is a hypnotic agent with a rapid onset of action, intermediate duration of action, and a half-life of 6 hours. Using half-life, at approximately what time would a dose administered to a patient at 8 a.m. be reduced to 50 percent?
A. 2 p.m.
B. 6 p.m.
C. 4 p.m.
D. 12 p.m.
Answer: A
You might also like to view...
For a substance-related disorder to be diagnosed, the pattern of substance use must lead to:
a. Significant costs involved with the habit b. Significant disturbances in social functioning c. Significantly impaired functioning and distress d. Significant physical changes related to the abused substance
A newly licensed nurse is preparing to provide postmortem care for the first time and asks for help. What is the staff nurse's best response?
1. "Postmortem care is something that a nurse must learn to do. Take out all tubes and clean the body." 2. "Family members rarely ask to see the body so just clean the deceased from the shoulders and up." 3. "You can delegate this to the nursing assistant since it is within their scope of care." 4. "Providing postmortem care shows respect and dignity to the patient. But I can understand that you are nervous."
Mrs. Treem is on isolation because she acquired a methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRS
A) infection after hospitalization for hip replacement surgery. What name is given to this type of infection? A) nosocomial B) viral C) iatrogenic D) antimicrobial
Several nurses are working to open a clinic that focuses on health promotion. Which activity should the nurses expect to perform once this clinic opens?
1. Teaching biofeedback techniques for stress reduction 2. Providing immunization clinics 3. Evaluating regional industrial centers for environmental pollution 4. Teaching smoking cessation classes to adolescents