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Your hands are wet, and the restroom towel dispenser is empty. What do you do to get drops of water off your hands? How does the motion of the drops exemplify one of Newton’s laws? Which one? Record your answer with your reasoning to your scratch paper. Make sure to submit it to Gradescope at the end of the exam.  (10 points)

Q39. The nurse is preparing to administer an analgesic to an uncooperative 3-year-old client. What action by the nurse will help calm the client and aid with the administration of the medication?  

Q24. A patient has been treated for lung cancer for 3 years. Over the past few months, the patient has noticed that the opioid analgesic is not helping as much as it had previously and more medication is needed for the same pain relief. The nurse is aware that this patient is experiencing which of these? 

Q10. A patient who had abdominal surgery yesterday is receiving morphine through a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump. Which action by the nurse is a priority?

Q14.  The nurse teaches a patient with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip about how to manage the OA. Which patient statement a need for additional teaching?

Q2.  The nurse is checking on the patient after administering pain medication 30 minutes previously. Which assessment finding best indicates to the nurse that the pain medication was effective?

Q22.  A 78-year-old patient is in the recovery room after having a lengthy surgery on his hip. As he is gradually awakening, he requests pain medication. Within 10 minutes after receiving a dose of morphine sulfate, he is very lethargic and his respirations are shallow, with a rate of 7 breaths/minute. The nurse prepares for which priority action at this time?

Q26.  A 57-year-old woman being treated for end-stage breast cancer has been using a transdermal opioid analgesic as part of the management of pain. Lately, she has been experiencing breakthrough pain. The nurse expects this type of pain to be managed by which of these interventions?

Q23.  A patient will be discharged with a 1-week supply of an opioid analgesic for pain management after abdominal surgery. The nurse will include which information in the teaching plan?

Q12.  Which finding would the nurse expect when assessing a patient who has osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee?