You are preparing to give your patient a Beta 1 Agonist. When will you know that this medication is CONTRAINDICATED? Allergy to Aspirin Altered Mental Status High Heart Rate Low Heart Rate

Which of the following are true statements? [Select all that apply.] 1. Opioid drugs are much safer than most prescription drugs. 2. There is strong evidence to support the use of opioids for chronic noncancer pain. 3. Abuse of opioid drugs presents a serious public health problem. 4. The financial success of OxyContin is in large part due to aggressive marketing by its manufacturer.

Which of the following medications may cause hypoglycemia when is use as monotherapy? (select all that apply) Insulin Rosiglitazone Glipizide Metformin exenatide

A 29-year-old Asian woman is being treated for a vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infection. She is also taking a serotonin inhibitor for depression. Which of the following antibiotics should be avoided in this case? Chloramphenicol Gentamicin Linezolid Telitromycin None of these

Jane, a 22 year old, single Caucasian college freshman, had been in the emergency room for a reaction to alcohol. She had a blood alcohol level of .30 and was almost comatose. They were able to stabilize her in the ER. She had been binge drinking (over 4 drinks per night) for the last 2 weeks. She was admitted to the hospital for observation and stayed in the hospital for the next few days. When the alcohol was out of her system, she admitted to the counselor that she had been "hearing voices" belittling her for the last six months. She had been feeling people were talking about her on TV and on the radio and felt her professors and her roomate were conspiring against her. She stated she had felt this way for the past 7 months. She had become more and more socially isolated because of her mistrust of others and her grades had dropped. Jane said she started drinking to "drown out the voices" so she could sleep. She wanted the counselor to get the professors and her roomate to stop…

A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia in an inpatient facility. Exhibit 1 Medication Administration Record 0730: Clozapine 100 mg PO daily Aripiprazole 5 mg PO daily Multivitamin PO daily Exhibit 2 Laboratory Results 0730: Sodium 125 mEq/L (136 to 145 mEq/L) Potassium 3.5 mEq/L (3.5 to 5.0 mEq/L) Chloride 90 mEq/L (98 to 106 mEq/L) BUN 8 mg/dL (10 to 20 mg/dL) Magnesium 1.2 mEq/L (1.3 to 2.1 mEq/L) Exhibit 3 Vital Signs 1230: Temperature 37.6° C(99.7°F) Heart rate 98/min Respiratory rate 20/min Blood pressure 142/92 mm Hg Oxygen saturation 100% on room air 1500: Temperature 37.1° C(98.8° F) Heart rate 104/min Respiratory rate 24/min Blood pressure 150/90 mm Hg Oxygen saturation 100% on room air Exhibit 4 Nurses' Notes 0730: Client sleeping. Lungs clear to auscultation bilaterally. Hyperactive bowel sounds noted x 4. Abdomen soft and nontender. Small bruise noted on right hand. Family at bedside. Family states client is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and last doctor's…

You are the palliative care nurse. Mrs. Jones has been living with congestive heart failure for some time and has been receiving palliative care in the home setting for about a year. Her activity tolerance has decreased to the point she can only move from one room to the other in in her home with her oxygen at 4 liters. She is able to sleep in her recliner. Increasing ascites has made it difficult for her to eat. She tells you she is 'totally exhausted' almost all the time. She has been in and out of the hospital with exacerbations three times in the last six months. Each time she comes home she says she 'feels worse'. Today during your home care visit, Mrs. Jones brings up hospice care. 1. How would you explain the difference between palliative care and hospice care? Mrs. Jones tells you she would like her daughter to hear more about hospice care. The daughter is present at the next home care visit (two weeks later). The daughter becomes upset and makes it very clear that she thinks…

Are there other types of performance-enhancing procedures you wish to discuss? The following news story brought to my attention by a student in the course covers the news about methamphetamine in supplements used as ergogenic aids:

Why might a person who is gravely ill not want to participate in a placebo-controlled drug study?

Explain why corticosteroid medicines are used in asthma treatment. Please explain at your own words.