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Which emergency medication may cause cerebral hemorrhage? Epinephrine
A practitioner's order prescribes levothyroxine 0.05 mg po daily. The available medication is
levothyroxine 25 mcg tabs. What will the nurse administer? 2
Patients who have advance directives may receive pain medication when it is needed. true
What should be the nurse's first action to aid a near-drowning victim
A patient with COPD requires oxygen therapy via nasal cannula. In order to help reduce anxiety
in this patient, the nurse should tell her: This is oxygen; it will aid your breathing.
When patient information is unavailable in an emergency, which blood type can be given
immediately? o-
Paramedics transported a 50-year-old female patient from a house fire to the Emergency
Department without any obvious burns. She is covered in soot, coughing, and reporting nausea
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and anxiety. The emergency department provider plans to treat the patient for possible cyanide
poisoning. In addition to oxygen, what medication should the nurse anticipate administering?
Hydroxocobalamin
Which of the following is a side effect of atropine?
Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat®) is administered for anginal attacks because it causes coronary
artery dilation and peripheral venous dilation.
When a patient is admitted into the emergency room with a suspected fracture of the cervical
spine, what is the nurse's priority? Immobilize the cervical spine.
The initial treatment for most dermatophyte infections (Tinea corporis, Tinea pedis, and Tinea
cruris) is: ketoconazol
The tympanic membrane is found in the: ear
Answers
Which emergency medication may cause cerebral hemorrhage? Epinephrine
A practitioner's order prescribes levothyroxine 0.05 mg po daily. The available medication is
levothyroxine 25 mcg tabs. What will the nurse administer? 2
Patients who have advance directives may receive pain medication when it is needed. true
What should be the nurse's first action to aid a near-drowning victim
A patient with COPD requires oxygen therapy via nasal cannula. In order to help reduce anxiety
in this patient, the nurse should tell her: This is oxygen; it will aid your breathing.
When patient information is unavailable in an emergency, which blood type can be given
immediately? o-
Paramedics transported a 50-year-old female patient from a house fire to the Emergency
Department without any obvious burns. She is covered in soot, coughing, and reporting nausea
, Healthstream Post Test Questions And
Answers
and anxiety. The emergency department provider plans to treat the patient for possible cyanide
poisoning. In addition to oxygen, what medication should the nurse anticipate administering?
Hydroxocobalamin
Which of the following is a side effect of atropine?
Nitroglycerin (Nitrostat®) is administered for anginal attacks because it causes coronary
artery dilation and peripheral venous dilation.
When a patient is admitted into the emergency room with a suspected fracture of the cervical
spine, what is the nurse's priority? Immobilize the cervical spine.
The initial treatment for most dermatophyte infections (Tinea corporis, Tinea pedis, and Tinea
cruris) is: ketoconazol
The tympanic membrane is found in the: ear
