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A patient is diagnosed with borderline hypertension and states a desire to make lifestyle changes to avoid needing to take medication. The nurse will recommend which changes?

Which education will the nurse include when teaching the patient about lithium therapy?

A patient who has epilepsy will begin an anticonvulsant medication. The patient ask the nurse how long the medication will be necessary?

A patient will begin using an metered-dose inhaler to treat asthma symptoms. The patient asks the nurse about the difference between using an oral form of the medicine and the inhaled form. The nurse will explain that the inhaled form:

A patient is admitted after experiencing vomiting and diarrhea for several days.  The provider orders intravenous Lactated Ringer’s solution (a crystalloid, isotonic fluid containing electrolytes).  The nurse understands that this fluid is given for which purpose?

Which of the following elements is in the same period as aluminum?

Which of the following elements is NOT an inner transitional metal?

There are 3 isotopes of carbon which are carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14.  The average atomic mass is 12.01.  Which isotope is most abundant?

There are 3 isotopes of hydrogen.  Name one of them and one fact about it.

Which of the following groupings contains ONLY representative elements?