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Medicine Questions from Dec 16,2024

Browse the Medicine Q&A Archive for Dec 16,2024, featuring a collection of homework questions and answers from this day. Find detailed solutions to enhance your understanding.

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many tablets in total need to be dispensed? A cat on intravenous fluids is to receive 20 ml of fluid per hour for 6 hours then 10 ml of fluid per hour for the next 18 hours. After 24 hours how much fluid in total will this cat have received? A cat has a heart that beats 40 times in 15 seconds and has respiration of 4 breaths per 15 seconds. How many heart beats would there be in one minute and how many respirations in 1 minute? The early symptoms in HIV include: (Click on all that apply). \( \square \) Low grade fever \( \square \) Weight loss \( \square \) Nausea \( \square \) Sore throat A. It is better to predict the future whenever it is possible. B. There is not much advantage since tests are often incorrect. C. It can make diagnosis much quicker and treatments start earlier. D. The gene can be altered to eliminate the risk of the getting the disease Special physical considerations for older adults related to HIV include: (Click on all that apply). \( \square \) Age-related hormonal changes such as increased risk for skin tears \( \square \) Erectile changes making condom use more difficult \( \square \) A longer, slower course of illness, increasing survival rate \( \square \) Decreased toleration for HIV medications Question 15 of 15 A new employee to your facility comments that it seems more patients are requiring lift assistance now as compared to recent decades. When explaining reasons for this, which one of the following options would NOT be one of the reasons you would tell the new employee? Over one third of the U.S. adult population is obese. \( \begin{array}{l}\text { The average life expectancy is increased due to } \\ \text { improved healthcare }\end{array} \) The long-term care population is decreasing \( \begin{array}{l}\text { Half of the adult population in the United States lives } \\ \text { with chronic diseases leading to increased patients } \\ \text { with mobility concerns }\end{array} \) Question 9 of 15 You enter your non-mobile adult patient's room to find that they have fallen to the floor from their bed. After quickly assessing the safety of the situation and determining that a mechanical lift cannot be used, you should take all of the following steps when manually lifting the patient EXCEPT for which one? Use a co-worker to assist with the lifting Keep handholds below your waist Bend your legs, not your back Move the person towards you, not away from you When looking at how to train staff on your Safe Patient Handling Program, which option is NOT something you should do as part of the training? Train staff using one learning method for all staff Track the staff who have been trained Utilize time when staff are together, such as team informatdles at the beginning of the shift, to facilitate education Handling Question 5 of 15 At an initial meeting about developing a Safe Patient Handling program, you and your colleagues discuss the best way to initiate the program. Which of the following suggestions would NOT be an option you should use when developing your program? \( \begin{array}{l}\text { Review the OSHA website for information on safe } \\ \text { patient handling education, research, and printable } \\ \text { educational material }\end{array} \) \( \begin{array}{l}\text { Review information from Professional organizations } \\ \text { such as the American Nurses Association, American } \\ \text { Physical Therapy Association, and the National } \\ \text { Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. }\end{array} \) \( \begin{array}{l}\text { It is best to initiate a program from scratch as every } \\ \text { facility is different and utilizing information from } \\ \text { another program may not be relevant for your facility }\end{array} \) \( \begin{array}{l}\text { Read professional journals that have Safe Patient } \\ \text { Handling information such as AAOHN Journal, AJN, } \\ \text { Applied Ergonomics } \\ \text { including the director of nursing, nursing staff, OT/PT, } \\ \text { administrators, maintenance, housekeeping/laundry, } \\ \text { and whoever else may be beneficial on the team }\end{array} \) Hospital administrators do not participate in patient lifting and therefore do not need to be on the committee Question 1 of 15 Bradley is an 81 year old patient who has partial weight bearing and has dementia leading to confusion and decreased cooperative ability. Which of the following options would be an appropriate choice for lifting Transferring Bradley from the bed to the commode? Stand by Assist Stand and pivot technique Sull body sling lift (1 mark) If a 20 mL vial contains 0.5 g of Aminophylline, how many millilitres should be given to a patient so as to provide a 25 mg dose of Aminophylline? ( 2 marks) Glycerol USP (specific gravity 1.25 ) costs \( \$ 54.25 \) per pound (Ib). if the students in a Dispensing Laboratory make use of 1 pint of glycerol in preparing compounded prescriptions, what would be the cost of glycerol used? ( 4 marks) A Morphine Sulphate sustained -release liposome injection contains Morphine Sulphate 10 mg per mL of injection. Calculate the percentage strength (w/v) of morphine sulphate in the injection. ( 3 marks) 2. Career Pathways: define the term and give a job example for each pathway (textbook section 3.2 ) a. Health Informatics Services- Example of career: b. Therapeutic Services- c. Diagnostic Services- Example of career: (d. Support Services- Example of career:
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