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Which is a true statement about Humulin-N® insulin? - Answer Humulin-N insulin is an intermediate-acting insulin. What early signs of hypoglycemia should the nurse should tell the patient about? - Answer Irritability and confusion are early signs of hypoglycemia. A patient has just been prescribed insulin. What should the nurse tell this patient to do to take the insulin correctly? - Answer When mixing insulins, the regular insulin should always be drawn up into the syringe fir...

Aseptic technique Answer - protects patients from infection and prevents the spread of pathogens Quarantine Answer - Enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease British North America Health Act Answer - 1867 (renamed in 1982, Britain surrendered to care for canadian government - Constitution act) Prepaid Healthcare Answer - Canada Health Act- access to medically necessary hospital and physician services on a pr...

List health challenges facing Canadians - Answer - Aging population - Increasing obesity rates - Increasing chronic conditions (diabetes, CV dz, arthritis, Ca, asthma) - Increased cultural diversity (diff pops have diff issues) - Limited access (rural & remote communities) - Aboriginal health (generally lower than rest of pop) What are some reasons the aboriginal population might have lower health status & increased use of health care? - Answer - Inc incidence of chronic dz (diabte...

Professional Jurisdiction -Answer -Most health professions (i.e., medicine, nursing, pharmacology) in Canada are self-regulated -Allows them to determine, monitor, and manage practice standards and guidelines, competencies, codes of ethics, and procedures for disciplinary actions for their respective members Organization that Regulates Nurses in Ontario -Answer College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) Other Regulated Health Professions -Answer Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology...

In which step of the nursing process does the nurse determine the outcome of medication administration? a. Planning b. Assessment c. Evaluation d. Implementation - Answer c. Evaluation The nurse plans care for a male patient who is 80 years of age. The nursing diagnosis is nonadherence with the medication regimen related to living alone, as evidenced by uncontrolled blood pressure. What should the nurse do next? a. Assess the impact of home self-management of medications. b. Collabo...

A patient is experiencing a severe anaphylactic reaction, what medication would be given? Answer - Epinephrine Adrenergics are drugs with effects that are similar to or mimic the effects of the Answer - sympathetic nervous system What receptors are being stimulated that cause bronchi to dilate? Answer - Beta2-adrenergic receptors Adrenergic agonist is used to increase Answer - Vasoconstriction Heart contractility Blood pressure Which adrenergic drug is for the preventio...

The stomach secretes - Answer Hydrochloric acid (HCl) Bicarbonate Pepsinogen Intrinsic factor Mucus Prostaglandins Zones of the stomach and the different glands - Answer Cardiac Fundic or gastric Pyloric The cells of this gland are the largest in number and of primary importance when discussing acid control - Answer Gastric gland Acid-Related Diseases - Answer Peptic ulcer disease Helicobacter pylori Stress-related mucosal damage Types of Acid-Controlling Drugs -...

Main categories of pharmacological drugs used to treat hypertension - Answer Diuretics Adrenergic drugs Vasodilators Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) Calcium channel blockers Direct renin inhibitors All antihypertensive drugs have some vasodilatory action except for - Answer Diuretics Blood pressure is determined by - Answer the product of cardiac output and systemic vascular resistance cardiac output - Answer the amou...

Hematopoiesis - Answer Formation of new blood cells *Red blood cells (RBC) *White blood cells (WBC) *Platelets Where are RBCs made? - Answer bone marrow Immature RBCs are called - Answer reticulocytes Life span of RBC - Answer 120 days what are RBC made up of? - Answer More than 1/3 of a RBC is made of hemoglobin Anemia types - Answer Maturation defects *Cytoplasmic *Nuclear Excessive destruction of RBCs (hemolytic anemias) *Intrinsic RBC abnormalities ...

The Ten Rights - Answer Right Drug Right Dose Right Time Right Route Right Patient Right Reason Right Documentation Right Evaluation Right Patient Education Right to Refuse Five steps of the nursing process - Answer 1) Assessment/data collection 2) Diagnosis (nursing) 3) Planning -goals -outcomes 4) Implementation - including patient education 5) Evaluation Drug Names - Answer chemical, generic, trade Drug Names: Chemical - Answer provides the exact description...