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A nurse takes the pulse of a 62 year old female and measures a heart rate of 108 beats/minute. Upon looking at this patients electrocardiogram, the nurse notices that all waves associated with each heartbeat appear normal. This patient will likely be diagnosed with:

During a teaching session on the care of a diabetic client, a nurse should make which statement to best explain the differences in insulin?

Which insulin is used to maintain basal insulin levels over a 24 hour period?

Physostigmine is used to treat to treat which of the following conditions? 

Type I hypersensitivity includes which of the following antibodies? 

The following pulmonary function values are obtained from a patient: Predicted Observed % Predicted FVC (L) 5.6 3.1 55 FEV1 (L) 3.7 1.3 35 FEV1/FVC (%) 70 42 — TLC (L) 7.0 7.9 113 Which of the following is the most likely interpretation of these results?

The client is about to eat lunch. Per sliding scale, you administer 4 units of Insulin Lispro subcutaneously at 1130. As the nurse, you know the patient is most at risk for hypoglycemia at what time?

When calibrating a galvanic fuel cell O2 analyzer, the respiratory therapist notices that it reaches 90% when exposed to 100% O2. What should be done?

A client has been prescribed alendronate. Which instruction should the patient be given regarding the administration of this medication?

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?