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From a patient safety perspective, what color tubing is reserved for epidural infusions?

Which is the best reason an epidural catheter is injected with 3 ml of Lidocaine 1.5% with epinephrine 1:200,000?

The nurse is providing education to a client recently diagnosed with hypertension. What explanation should the nurse provide regarding the body’s attempt to compensate for hypertension?

Determine the most likely pathology based on the exam findings:  A 32-year-old Rugby athlete presents with neck pain after his most recent match: he has decreased lateral flexion and rotation range of motion to the left, positive Spurling’s test moving neck to left side with symptoms down left arm, negative Tinel’s sign on both right and left, negative Allen’s and Adson’s test.  No tenderness on spinous process. 

Differential Diagnosis algorithm for Shoulder Impingement Pathologies: For the scenario below, I have listed positive or negative exam findings.  Please decide which pathology below would be indicated based on the results of the exam. + Impingement test; – Apprehension; – Relocation; + Empty Can; + Jobe Centinela 

Which pathology occurs when there is an arterial bleed between the skull and the dura mater?

The spread of local anesthetic in the epidural space is most dependent of which feature?

Determine the most likely pathology based on the exam findings: 23 year old baseball outfielder with anterior pain in right shoulder when throwing.  Reports episodes of his shoulder “giving out” on him: clinical exam reveals positive anterior apprehension and Jobe relocation, positive Load and Shift, positive labral Grind, positive Clunk test.  All tests negative on the left side for bilateral comparison.

Which is true of a Bankart Lesion in the shoulder?

A client is taking an oral contraceptive (“birth control pill”) to prevent pregnancy. At the same time she is taking another medication which enhances the rate at which Cytochrome p450 enzymes in the liver metabolize and inactivate the contraceptive in the body. The interaction of the two drugs together is likely to result in which of the following (based only on the information provided in this question)?