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A 68-year-old patient was admitted after an inferior myocardial infarction (MI). Dopamine 3 mcg/kg/min has been ordered for this patient. What nursing implications should be considered when administering this medication to an older patient?

Which signs would alert the nurse to possible nutritional alterations? (Select all that apply, one, some, or all.)

A patient is admitted to the critical care unit with the onset of tuberculosis. He was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS 1 year ago. When talking to the patient about preventing the spread of tuberculosis, the patient tells the nurse that he has not followed precautions regarding tuberculosis for patients with HIV. Which educational objective is BEST stated for this patient?

How should a nurse respond when a patient asks if he or she is going to die?

Modes of action for antifungal agents include: inhibitors of cell walls/cell membranes, and protein and nucleic acid synthesis; and direct membrane damage. Which one of the following targets RNA; thereby leading to RNA miscoding? 

An important step in solving any problem is to clarify ideas, terms or theories by defining them.  For example, if I include a specific IDEOLOGY, I need to define the term.    Such “thinking tools” for understanding or explaining something are called:

Clearly identify your assumptions and make sure they are justifiable.  We would find this statement or guideline associated with which of the elements of thought?

When a person is aware of her own prejudices and biases and is willing to consider others’ points of view, he is demonstrating

Which of the critical thinking standards emphasizes the importance of “keeping the main thing, the main thing?”In other words, we must focus on what’s important and not on the trivial.

Jim is conducting interviews for a position with his company.  A young man applies for the position who has several piercings and tattoos on his neck and arms.  Although the young man is appropriately dressed in suit and tie and answers Jim’s questions with good answers, Jim tunes him out because he cannot get past the piercings and tattoos.  Which barrier is Jim having difficulty overcoming?