Comprehensive Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305964792
Author: Wilburta Q. Lindh, Carol D. Tamparo, Barbara M. Dahl, Julie Morris, Cindy Correa
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Josh Cohen is a high school student interested in being a pharmacist. He is in a career planning class that helps students explore career options. One of the assignments is to shadow a healthcare professional. You are a seasoned nurse on a medical-surgical unit and have agreed to help him. He watches you calculate doses, prepare and check medications, and administer medications. How would you answer these questions that he asks you after medication administration?
5.What if the order for a medication is different from the label of the medication?
As you show the student how to calculate medication dosages, he asks these questions:
6.Why are there so many different methods of calculating drug dosages
The nurse is caring for a patient a toddler in the pediatric unit who is about to receive stitches for an abrasion to his upper arm. They both are concerned about the procedure being painful. What can the nurse tell both the parent and child that will alleviate the fears of pain?
A. We will ask the parents to leave the room so the child will quiet down.
B. We will apply topical lidocaine on the affected area prior to procedure, so he will not any pain during the procedure.
C. We will administer inhaled gases for anesthesia, prior to procedure, so he will not any pain during the procedure.
D. Ask the parents to stay the room and hold the child’s hand so the child will quiet down.
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The nurse is reviewing types of anesthesia with newly student nurses during their clinical rotation. The students are correct when they state which type(s) of anesthesia is/are administered using lidocaine? (Select all that apply.)
Which ones are included in balanced anesthesia? Select all that apply.…
Mr.Nail and his daughter discuss the situation and he decides to take the morphine.
sedates him heavily. The provider has scheduled a throacenesis to make a diagnosis,
to remove pleural fluid to relieve dyspnea, and to relieve pain. Due to Mr. Nail's
sedation, he is unable to give consent to the procedure.
Who can legally give consent for a client who is unable to sign for himself? Select all
that apply.
OTwo providers since this is an elective procedure.
The designee of a medical power of attorney
Two nurses.
No consent is needed for this since it is an elective procedure.
The legal next of kin
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