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The nurse is caring for a client who is taking ipratropium (Atrovent) 36mcg per MDI four times a day. The client reports he sometimes develops mild hoarseness with this medication. What is the nurse’s next appropriate action?

Which of the following would cause a leftward shift in the supply curve for car washes?

Steve went to his favorite hamburger restaurant with $3, expecting to buy a $2 hamburger and a $1 soda. When he arrived, he discovered that hamburgers were on sale for $1 each, so Steve bought two hamburgers and a soda. Steve’s response to the decrease in the price of hamburgers is best explained by

You are called to assist a 25-year-old female patient who is in profound respiratory distress. The patient has a history of asthma and a severe allergy to peanuts. She has a prescribed albuterol inhaler and an epinephrine auto-injector. The patient states she was working in her garden when she accidentally stirred up a hornets’ nest and was stung multiple times. The patient has wheezing in all fields, and is breathing at 28 times per minute. She states that she triggered her asthma by running across the yard to the safety of her home. As you apply oxygen, you notice that she is now speaking in two- to three-word sentences, her skin has splotches, and her tongue and neck appear to be swelling. Your next action is to call medical control and then do what?

The nurse is about to administer diphenoxylate (Lomotil) to a client. Which of the following precaution should be included in the teaching about this medication?

____ are groups of fields that go together for some logical reason.

An adult resident of an assisted living facility has not responded as expected to bulk-forming laxatives, so the provider has prescribed bisacodyl. The nurse knows that this drug may be administered by what routes? Select all that apply.

The physician orders Heparin to infuse at 750 units/hr for a client diagnosed with Pulmonary embolism. Heparin is available in strength 25,000 units in 500 mL of NS. The tubing is a 60 gtt/mL set. How many drops/minute will the nurse set the infusion pump?

A two-dimensional array is like ________ put together.

The value in a ________ variable persists between function calls.