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A position that will ease abdominal pain in pancreatitis. - ANSWERS -Knee Chest Position
What does it mean if a client depresses from decorticate to decerebrate posturing? - ANSWERS
-Indicates deteriorating neurological function and warrants health care provider notification.
Talking about a loss is a _______________ grief reaction. - ANSWERS -Typical
Is a potent amebicide. It is effective in eradicating the protozoan Trichomonas vaginalis. -
ANSWERS -Metronidazole (Flagyl)
Contains the respiratory center, and the neurons that supply the respiratory muscles originate
here; they produce the rhythmic pattern of inspiration and expiration. - ANSWERS -Medulla
Oblongata
Part of the brain that helps control skeletal muscles. - ANSWERS -Cerebellum. Think cow bell for
curling! CereBELLum!
Links the nervous system to the endocrine system and functions as a relay station between the
cerebral cortex and lower autonomic centers. - ANSWERS -Hypothalamus
Is the thin layer of gray matter on the surface of the cerebrum that integrates higher mental
functions. - ANSWERS -Cerebral Cortex
, Is a chelating agent that binds with lead ions, which are then excreted. - ANSWERS -Succimer
(Chemet)
Is the antidote for a heparin overdose. - ANSWERS -Protamine sulfate
Is a calcium salt used as an antidote for magnesium sulfate toxicity. - ANSWERS -Calcium
gluconate
An antineoplastic agent used in cancer chemotherapy. - ANSWERS -Cisplatin (Platinol)
The swelling is not generally present at birth; instead, it develops over the first 24 to 48 hours of
life. - ANSWERS -Cephalohematoma
Appears over the vertex of the newborn's head and causes localized edema that varies in size. It
is seen shortly after birth and resolves within 12 hours to several days after birth. - ANSWERS -
Caput Succedaneum
Is often caused by undermedication and responds to the administration of cholinergic
medications, such as neostigmine (Prostigmin) and pyridostigmine (Mestinon). - ANSWERS -
Myasthenic crisis
Caused by excess medication and responds to withholding of medications. - ANSWERS -
Cholinergic Crisis
Refers to black, tarry stool containing digested blood; and is caused by upper gastrointestinal
bleeding. - ANSWERS -Melena
Is associated with obstruction of the descending or sigmoid colon. - ANSWERS -Ribbon-Shaped
Stool