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An anxious adolescent presents with palpitations, a heart rate of 184 beats/min, and normal skin tone. Which of the following is the PRIORITY intervention? A. Obtain urine drug screen. B. Administer IV adenosine (Adenocard) rapidly. C. Instruct the patient to bear down. D. Provide comfort and reassurance. - ANSWER D. SVT is defined as heart rate >220 in infants and >180 in children. Thus putting the child in SVT. Search and treat the cause. The PRIORITY intervention to provide comfort ...

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what are the 2 types of anti-anxiety agents? What are their endings? and what anti-anxiety medication is mostly used on the NCLEX? - short acting -MidazoLAM -DiazePAM intermediate-long acting -clonazePAM -alprazoLAM (Xanax) -lorazePAM (ativan) (anti-anxiety agents end in LAM or PAM, lorazepam [ativan] is the antianxiety agen that is mostly used within the NCLEX, the two types of anti-anxiety agents are short acting and intermedicate-long acting) Lorazapam (Ativan) therapeutic cl...

BEST PLAYLIST I'VE FOUND FOR ALL HEART.ORG ACLS CODES! - LakrRQDKOkTZj This is a good starting point for Jose (big Mega code at end): to get closer and closer to passing! In which situation does bradycardia require treatment? - Hypotension Which intervention is most appropriate for the treatment of a patient in asystole? - Epinephrine You arrive on the scene with the code team. High-quality CPR is in progress. An AED has previously advised "no shock indicated." A rhythm check now fi...

BEST PLAYLIST I'VE FOUND FOR ALL HEART.ORG ACLS CODES! This is a good starting point for Jose (big Megacode at end): In which situation does bradycardia require treatment? Hypotension Which intervention is most appropriate for the treatment of a patient in asystole? Epinephrine You arrive on the scene with the code team. High-quality CPR is in progress. An AED has previousy advised "no shock indicated." A rhythm check now finds asystole. After resuming high-quality ...

The nurse assesses a client's ECG tracing and observes that not all QRS complexes are preceded by a P wave. How should the nurse interpret this observation? A. The client has hyperkalemia causing irregular QRS complexes. B. Ventricular tachycardia is overriding the normal atrial rhythm. C. The client's chest leads are not making sufficient contact with the skin. D. Ventricular and atrial depolarizations are initiated from different sites. correct answer: D. Ventricular and atrial ...

CPEN Practice Questions & Rationales 100% Solved An anxious adolescent presents with palpitations, a heart rate of 184 beats/min, and normal skin tone. Which of the following is the PRIORITY intervention? A. Obtain urine drug screen. B. Administer IV adenosine (Adenocard) rapidly. C. Instruct the patient to bear down. D. Provide comfort and reassurance. - answerD. SVT is defined as heart rate >220 in infants and >180 in children. Thus putting the child in SVT. Search and treat the ...

Katzung & Trevor's Pharmacology: Examination and Board Review INTRODUCTION 1. A 3-year-old is brought to the emergency department having just ingested a large overdose of tolbutamide, an oral antidiabetic drug. Tolbutamide is a weak acid with a pKa of 5.3. It is capable of entering most tissues, including the brain. On physical examination, the heart rate is 100/min, blood pressure 90/50 mm Hg, and respiratory rate 20/min. Which of the following statements about this case of tolb...

The physical half-life of a radionuclide is the time it takes A. For half of the substances to leave the body B. For the kit to become half expired C. For half of the substance to be metabolised D. For the nuclide to decay to one half of the original activity - ANSWERD. For the nuclide to decay to one half of the original activity Which of the following can be said regarding effective half-life? A. It is always longer than the physical half-life B. It is always shorter than physical hal...

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