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The physician orders a loading dose of phenytoin (Dilantin) 15-20 mg/kg intravenously in three doses that are 4 hours apart and then to start 300 mg intravenously twice a day.              His current laboratory test values are:              White blood cell count 10,600/mm3              Hemoglobin 15.5 g/dL              Hematocrit 45.9%              Platelets 324,000/mm3              Blood urea nitrogen 22 mg/dL              Creatinine 1.2 mg/dL              Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) 18 IU/L              Alkaline phosphates 46 IU/L              Prothrombin time (PT) 14.4 seconds              International normalized ratio (INR) 1.06              Sodium 138 mEq/L              Potassium 4.2 mEq/L

Which of the following is considered a task role?

Incidental motions are used to:

Allowing one vocal member who feels strongly about an issue to make choices for the entire group is mostcharacteristic of:

The nurse quickly dries the newborn after delivery. This is to conserve the newborn’s body heat by preventing heat loss through which method?

Which ethnic group is at risk for Tay-Sachs disease?

Which vitamin supplementation has been found to reduce both morbidity and mortality in measles?

The nurse is testing an infant’s visual acuity. By which age should the infant be able to fix on and follow a target?

Which intervention may decrease the incidence of physiologic jaundice in a healthy full-term infant?

Which finding in the newborn is considered abnormal?