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34. Which of the following statements is consistent with evidence concerning the effectiveness of cryotherapy?

The patient receiving heparin therapy asks how the “blood thinner” works. The best response by the nurse would be:

A patient with a recent history of myocardial infarction is unable to tolerate aspirin for prevention of further thromboembolic events.  The nurse would anticipate a prescription for:

The provider has just prescribed lisinopril (Prinivil) for a patient with hypertension. The nurse recognizes that this drug can cause the “first dose phenomenon” and teaches the patient to:

MATCH the following disorders with the medication used in the treatment of the disorder (use each answer only once)

Which side effect of tetracycline (Sumycin) would contraindicate its use in a child younger than 8 years old unless the infection was life threatening?

You will have 75 minutes to complete this exam.  Select the best answer(s) for each item. Exams and quizzes may not be copied or printed in any form. All testing questions are considered secure items. Students need to be aware that UAA faculty are able to track student access and use of all sites in a Blackboard course, including the testing area.

The student nurse asks the nursing instructor, “Do the medications we are studying actually make more neurotransmitters?”  What is the best response by the nursing instructor?

A child with Type 1 diabetes mellitus presents in the school nurse’s office about an hour before lunch period reporting disorientation. Which information is most important for the nurse to obtain?

A parent says to the nurse, “The doctor prescribed ethosuximide (Zarontin) for my child, who has absence seizures.  What does this mean?”  What is the best response by the nurse?