The patient is prescribed a medication that leads to extremely difficulty breathing. This response to the medication is most likely to be considered a(n):

A. adverse reaction
B. anaphylactic reaction
C. side effects
D. idiosyncratic response


B. anaphylactic reaction

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a. Evaluation for hyperglycemia, hypogly-cemia, and ketoacidosis b. Cranial nerve testing for peripheral neu-ropathy c. Pedal pulse palpation for arterial insuffi-ciency d. Auscultation of the carotids for bruits as-sociated with atherosclerosis

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A young mother tells the nurse, "I'm worried because my son needs a blood transfusion. I don't know what to do, because blood transfusions cause AIDS." Which central nursing construct is represented in this situation?

a. Environment b. Caring c. Health d. Person

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The surgical report of a newly transferred client indicates that there was a great deal of intestinal spillage into the abdominal cavity during the client's bowel resection

For which category of wound should the receiving nurse plan care for this client? 1. Clean-contaminated 2. Contaminated 3. Dirty 4. Infected

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After discharge, G.P. is referred to a cardiac rehabilitation center to start an exercise program. He will be exercise tested, and an individualized exercise prescription will be developed for him, based on the results of the exercise test

What information will be obtained from a graded exercise (stress) test, and what is included in an exercise prescription?

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