NURSING NUR/590B Medical surgical nursing 7th (TEST BANK CHAPTER 1-76) COMPLETE WITH ANSWERS AND RATIONALE: University Of Phoenix

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1. The nurse answers a patient's call light and finds the patient sitting up in bed and requesting pain medication. What will the nurse do first? 2. A patient is complaining of severe pain and has or... ders for morphine sulfate. The nurse knows that the route that would give the slowest pain relief is which route? 3. A patient is recovering from an appendectomy. She also has asthma and allergies to shellfish and iodine. To manage her postoperative pain, the physician has prescribed hydromorphone (Dilaudid). Which vital sign is of greatest concern? 4. A patient is recovering from an appendectomy. She also has asthma and allergies to shellfish and iodine. To manage her postoperative pain, the physician has prescribed hydromorphone (Dilaudid). Which vital sign is of greatest concern? 5. The patient is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and has been started on a dopaminergic replacement drug therapy with carbidopa-levodopa, it is important for the nurse to [Show More]

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