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The student nurse assumed care of a patient diagnosed with pulmonary edema. On exam, the patient exhibits shortness of breath, a respiratory rate of 32 breaths per minute, and pink frothy sputum. Which of the following orders should the student nurse anticipate? 

The nurse is working with a graduate nurse to prepare an intravenous dose of potassium for a patient on a regular medical-surgical unit. Which statement by the graduate nurse reflects a need for further teaching?

A patient develops supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and is hypotensive. The student nurse plans to give an class V antidysrhythmic medication that depresses SA node automaticity as well as AV node conduction. Which medication should the nurse anticipate will be administered?

While assessing the patient, the nurse notes severe edema of the hands and feet from third spacing. The patient is having signs and symptoms of intravascular dehydration, and the total protein laboratory result is 4.6 g/dL (normal value is 6.0 to 8.3 g/dL). The nurse anticipates the health care provider will prescribe which IV solution for this patient? 

During an infusion of albumin, the nurse monitors the patient closely for the development of which adverse effect? 

Calcium channel blockers have which pharmacodynamic effect?

Which of the following drugs works by directly inhibiting access of angiotensin II to its receptors in blood vessels, adrenal glands, and all other tissues?

A nurse instructs a patient about signs and symptoms of digoxin toxicity. The nurse determines that teaching is successful if the patient makes which statement? 

A patient with Raynaud’s disease asks the nurse how Nifedipine will help improve their condition. Which of the following explanations will the nurse provide to the patient? 

An anthropologist studying football in the United States might find that taboos, sacred objects, and __________ are in almost constant use.