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A nurse is caring for a client who has skeletal traction for treatment of a femur fracture. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

You are caring for a patient at home who must take magnesium hydroxide/aluminum hydroxide (Maalox) 30 mL PO. How will you instruct the patient to measure the dose using ordinary household measuring devices?

A nurse is caring for a client who is currently taking Perphenazine.  Which of the following finding should the nurse identify as an extrapyramidal symptom (EPS)?  Select all that apply.

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7.  What is the difference between Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and Minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC). NOTE: two sentences to the point are enough. 

15.  Nitrate reduction test can be used to differentiate between Pseudomonads and the Enterobacteriaceae.  You innoculated your Nitrate broth with your unknown; after incubation you added 5 drops of reagent A and 5 drops of reagent B.  You observed a Red color within 2 minutes.  Is this a + or a – reaction?

19.  Starch exists in 2 forms, name them.

20.  Name 2 enzymes responsible for the breakdown of Starch to D-glucose.

How does a high calorie, high protein diet help improve complications of the liver?

23.  These are Lysine decarboxylase media.  Describe the reactions in Tubes A and C only.  After inoculation, we added a reagent to the inoculated tubes , what was that reagent and what was the purpose?