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A patient is having a prolonged seizure lasting more than 30 minutes.  Which medication should the nurse be prepared to administer?

Based on the electron dot formula, predict the electron pair geometry and molecular shape of the phosphorus triiodide molecule,  PI3 (P being the central atom).

Predict which of the following has a covalent bond:

Which conditions are expected side effects for anti-cholinergic skeletal muscle relaxants?  SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

Which conditions are expected side effects for anti-cholinergic skeletal muscle relaxants?  SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

A patient who is prescribed fluoxetine develops anxiety, diaphoresis, confusion, restlessness, and tachycardia.  Which adverse effect should the nurse suspect? 

Which is the most common side effect of the skeletal muscle relaxants?

Which problem is considered to be a side effect of antidepressant usage in children and adolescents?

The family of a patient who was prescribed chlorpromazine reported that the patient continually rolls his tongue and has lip-smacking symptoms.  Which would be the nurse’s best response to the family?  

Conditioned and enriched syngas contains 30% carbon monoxide (CO) and 70% hydrogen (H2) by volume (see Question 4).  Estimate the HHV (in MJ/kg) of this enriched syngas  using the stoichiometric oxygen consumption approach.