The most common adverse reactions associated with diuretics include 1. ototoxicity. 2. volume depletion. 3. diarrhea. 4. allergic reactions. 5. electrolyte abnormalities

a. 1 only
b. 2 and 5 only
c. 2, 3, and 4 only
d. 2, 3, 4, and 5 only


ANS: B

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A DNR order is:

a. a type of living will that determines who should make medical decisions if the ill or injured person becomes incapacitated b. a legal form authorizing a licensed physician to remove life-support systems from a comatose patient c. a document, usually signed by a person and his physician, that prevents the transfer of an unresponsive ill or injured person from a hospital to a skilled nursing facility d. a legal document that details the patient's wishes regarding life-prolonging procedures under certain circumstances

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Your patient is a 49-year-old woman with terminal cancer. She has a DNR order, but her family has called 911 because the patient is having difficulty breathing and seems to be very uncomfortable. Making the patient as comfortable as possible demonstrates the ethical principle of:

A) beneficence. B) autonomy. C) justice. D) malfeasance.

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The rhythm that is produced when multiple disorganized ectopic atrial foci generate electrical activity at a very rapid rate and is irregular is atrial:

A. reentry rhythm. B. flutter rhythm. C. response rhythm. D. fibrillation rhythm.

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Because the diagnosis and procedure codes reported affect the DRG selected (and resultant payment), some hospitals engage in a practice called __________, which is the assignment of an ICD-10-CM diagnosis code that does not match patient record documentation, for the purpose of illegally increasing reimbursement

a. downcoding b. jamming c. unbundling d. upcoding

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