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A nurse is teaching a 54-year-old client how to take sublingual nitroglycerin. What statement by the client indicates an understanding of the nurse’s instructions?

A client is receiving intravenous hydralazine. For which adverse effects should the nurse monitor this client? 

A client asks which conditions will cause the heart to need more oxygen. Which condition should the nurse discuss with the client?

A nurse is preparing to administer dextrose 5% in water (D5W) IV to infuse at 100 mL/hr. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 15 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) Be sure to include the appropriate unit of measurement in your answer. 

A nurse is preparing to administer digoxin 8 mcg/kg/day PO to divide equally every 12 hr for a preschooler who weighs 33 lb. Available is digoxin elixir 0.05 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) Be sure to include the appropriate unit of measurement in your answer to receive credit. 

The nurse is providing drug teaching for a client who is prescribed lisinopril. What drug-specific adverse effect will the nurse include in the drug teaching?

A nurse is reviewing the function of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system before assessing a client with hypertension. Place these events in the function of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system in the order they occur. Use each option once.

The process by which juvenile offenders continue with their delinquent careers rather than aging out of crime is referred to as:

Code of the Streets is a view of the interrelationship of culture and behavior. According to text, what is at the heart of the code?

If a set of twins are significantly similar in their personal characteristics, such as intelligence, levels of aggression, and verbal skills, what term would likely describe them?