The nurse is monitoring a patient in the PACU 30 minutes after surgery whose anesthesia included succinylcholine, a neuromuscular-blocking drug. The patient is beginning to wake up. Which nursing assessment should the nurse prioritize?

Which assessment is of highest priority before administering diltiazem (Cardizem), a calcium channel blocker, for a patient with angina who also takes atenolol (Tenormin), a beta blocker, for hypertension?

A patient diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes is prescribed metformin, a biguanide, BID. He is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization using contrast dye tomorrow afternoon at 1300. Which are appropriate actions for the nurse to take? Select all that apply.

A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia has been receiving risperidone (Risperdal), an antipsychotic medication, for several months. The nurse notes that the patient is moving her mouth, protruding her tongue, and grimacing as she watches television. The nurse determines the patient is experiencing which condition?

Wagner unified his dramatic works by using a

What composer was born in Poland and worked in Paris

What pianist is responsible for changing the direction that a piano is positioned on a stage?

Dvorak worked in New York for almost 3 years.

A single movement piece of program of music is called

Nationalistic composers often used melodies from