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10. A  home health nurse is providing blood pressure screenings for a senior citizens group. One member of the group has a blood pressure reading of 180/100. She states that recently her physician prescribed an anti-hypertensive for her to take.. The senior citizen remarks that she stopped taking the medication after a week because she felt dizzy and tired every time she took the medication. Which of the following is the nurse’s best response to this senior citizen?  

Normally, taken alone, neither substance would cause serious harm, but if taken together, the combination could cause coma or death. This is an example of:

12. Which of the following is an adverse effect that the health care team will monitor for with the administration of cyclosporine (Sandimmune, Neoral, Gengraf)?                  

49.  The charge nurse on a medical-surgical unit has noticed one of the seasoned and experienced nurses acting irritable and having critical angry outbursts at work. Which action by the charge nurse would be most helpful to help prevent burnout with this nurse?

Aspirin is beneficial to patients with a history of cardiac disease because it:

49.  The charge nurse on a medical-surgical unit has noticed one of the seasoned and experienced nurses acting irritable and having critical angry outbursts at work. Which action by the charge nurse would be most helpful to help prevent burnout with this nurse?

20. Which of the following is the best response by the nurse when a patient in end-stage cardiac failure says she is afraid the first available heart will be given to a patient with more money?

11. You know that in Stage 2 of burnout, ______________.

11. You know that in Stage 2 of burnout, ______________.

In heart failure, use of beta-blockers is associated with: