After receiving Nembutal PO at bedtime, a client is wide awake all night instead of going to sleep. What kind of adverse reaction to a drug does this situation represent?

a. drug allergy c. idiosyncrasy
b. drug tolerance d. toxic effect


C
An idiosyncratic response is a very unpredictable response that may be an overresponse, underresponse, or an atypical response.

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In the group therapy session, the nurse speaks up to remind a patient of a recent improvement in his coping. The nurse's action is an example of ______________________

ANS:

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The history and development of epidemiology has gone through several developmental phases. The public health nursing student learns that these phases came about in history in what order?

A. Risk factor phase, infectious disease phase, and sanitary phase B. Infectious disease phase, risk factor phase, and sanitary phase C. Sanitary phase, infectious disease phase, and risk factor phase D. Agent phase, host phase, and environment phase

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Which number is the base in 37?

What will be an ideal response?

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Identify the nurse responsible for the establishment of the Henry Street Settlement

a. Dorothea Dix b. Clara Barton c. Lillian Wald d. Mary Breckenridge e. Florence Nightingale

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