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Questions 10-13 use the following reading:  “Article 2: [T]he United States now solemnly agrees that no persons… shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in… this reservation for the use of said Indians.“Article 6: If any individual belonging to said tribes of Indians, or legally incorporated with them, being the head of a family, shall desire to commence farming, he shall have the privilege to select…a tract of land within said reservation, not exceeding three hundred and twenty acres in extent.“Article 11: [T]he tribes who are parties to this agreement hereby stipulate that they will relinquish all right to occupy permanently the territory outside their reservations . . . but yet reserve the right to hunt on any lands north of North Platte, and on the Republican Fork of the Smoky Hill river, so long as the buffalo may range thereon in such numbers as to justify the chase. . . . They will withdraw all opposition to the construction of the railroads now being built on the plains. . . . They will not attack any persons at home, or travelling, nor molest or disturb any wagon trains, coaches, mules, or cattle belonging to the people of the United States.” — Second Treaty of Fort Laramie, agreed between the United States government and various bands of the Sioux nation, 1868 Which of the following was typical of agreements such as the Fort Laramie Treaty between the United States government and American Indians in the post–Civil War West?

The nurse is teaching a class on ethics as it relates to drug research.  The nurse identifies the importance of protecting the client from harm.  Which principle is the nurse discussing? 

This defines professional nursing and Nursing Standards of Practice the LPN operates under. It defines the scope of practice.

A nurse is caring for a client who is taking clopidogrel.  Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take? 

Which of the following statements made by the client would alert the nurse to hold giving of the drug valsartan:

The nurse is caring for a client who has just received a prescription for the anti-tussive codeine. Which of the following should the nurse include in the teaching instructions for this client?

A health care provider prescribes an antihypertensive medication. Which over-the-counter medication would the nurse teach the client to avoid because it has the potential to counteract the effect of the antihypertensive?

Discharge information for a client receiving a beta-agonist bronchodilator should emphasize reporting which side effect?

The client has just been diagnosed with epilepsy and will be starting phenytoin. The client’s spouse asks how this medication works in the body. What is the nurse’s best response?

The client is receiving fentanyl patch for control of chronic cancer pain. What should the practical nurse observe for in the client as a potential adverse effect of this medication?