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An older adult client resides in a long term care facility has been prescribed antihypertensives for the first time following many years of generally good health. When administering the first dose of the prescribed antihypertensive mediation to an older adult, the nurse should recognize the related risk to which possible side effect?

A patient coughs productively after receiving an aerosolized bronchodilator, followed by postural drainage therapy. The respiratory therapist notes that the sputum sample is foul-smelling and green. What is the patient’s most likely condition?

A PCO2 of 44mmHg in the blood would be considered hypercapnic.

The nurse is caring for the client who was diagnosed with the flu. The nurse nurse is providing education to the client as they thought they just had the common cold. The nurse educates the client that which of the following symptoms is found with the flu, but not the common cold. 

The nurse understands that the common cold be treated with which of the following medication except:

Which of the following are primary ways to prevent influenza infection?  Select all that apply. There are 3 correct answers.

Caution needs to be used when a client with high blood pressure takes which of the following medications?

Calcitonin injection into a client could be used to treat which of the following electrolyte imbalances?

What is this point called on the epidural needle?  

About how many hours will an H-cylinder of O2 last if it has 1100 psig and is emptying at a flow of 8 L/min?