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Within minutes of the initiation of a scheduled nebulizer treatment with levalbuterol (Xopenex), the patient turns on his call light and states that he feels “panicky” and his heart is racing. The nurse takes vital signs and finds the patient extremely hypertensive. Which action will the nurse take?

The nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is starting verapamil (Calan) to control hypertension.  Which of the following should the nurse include in the instructions?

Which of the following ARE characteristics of life?  Select ALL that apply

What term means:  surgical joining of two ducts, vessels, or bowel segments to allow flow from one to another?  (it can be end-to-end, end-to-side, or side-to-side)

Students who breach confidentiality may be subject to the current HIPAA laws, up to and including fines and imprisonment. 

A nurse in a provider’s office is reviewing the laboratory results of four clients who take digoxin. Which of the following clients is at risk for developing digoxin toxicity?

A patient at sports camp is complaining of itchy and watery eyes, coughing, and sneezing when outdoors. The patient’s chart states that he has an allergy to grasses. The nurse anticipates a prescription for an antihistamine due to which mechanism of action?

   If a student at the clinical site or on campus is investigated for breach of confidentiality and the investigation reveals intent to access unauthorized PHI, disciplinary action will be administered according to the severity of the infraction, which of the following are possible disciplinary actions to be enforced?

If your child is selling items for school, extracurricular activities, church, etc. it is okay to ask clinical site employees to support your child’s goal because it is for your child, not you. 

Before administering digoxin (Lanoxin), the nurse takes the adult patient’s apical pulse for 1 full minute. What additional nursing consideration(s) will be taken before administration of the medication? (Select all that apply.)