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Which is not one way we can respond to risk:

While assessing a patient taking a beta-blocker for angina, the nurse knows to monitor for which adverse effect?

If a perpetrator has stolen assets, which of the following methods is the easiest method for concealing the theft:

When monitoring a patient taking hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), the nurse notes which drug is most likely to cause a severe interaction with the diuretic?

The medication order reads, “Give simvastatin (Zocor) 30 mg daily at bedtime, PO.” The medication is available in 20-mg tablets. Identify how many tablets the nurse will administer to the patient.

A patient brought to the emergency department with shortness of breath, a respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute, intercostal retractions, and frothy, pink sputum. The provider believes the patient has heart failure with pulmonary edema.  The nurse caring for this patient will expect to administer which drug?

Who has the primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining good internal controls?

A nurse administers an ACE inhibitor to a patient who is taking the drug for the first time. What will the nurse do?

The advantage of permanent stained smears include all of the following except:  

A patient has been started on therapy of a continuous IV infusion of lidocaine (Xylocaine), a class 1B- sodium channel blocker. The nurse will monitor the patient for which adverse effect?