What would be the expected clinical manifestation for a patient who has excessive production of melanocyte stimulating hormone(MSH)?

A patient is taking a drug that blocks a hormone’s receptor site. What is the effect on the patient’s hormone response?

A patient is admitted to post anesthesia recovery (PACU) following administration of epidural narcotic. The patient has a respiratory rate of 8 per minute. If the condition of this patient remains uncorrected, the nurse would expect the ABG’s to reveal?

A 56 year old male is soon to be admitted to the medical unit with a confirmed case of tuberculosis. The nurse prepares to initiate which type of precautions when caring for him?

What would be a contraindication to the use of the Biguanide metformin (Glucophage)?

The nurse is aware that in the newly admitted patient with end stage COPD may have an initiative to breathe that is stimulated by which of the following?

Which describes the action of sodium-glucose co-transport inhibitors (Invokana, Farxiga)?

A patient is admitted with a serum potassium of 3.3 mEq/L. The nurse is aware that which of the following is the safest way to replace Potassium (K+)?

The assessment of a patient’s urination pattern includes?

The nurse is aware that with a patient who has urostomy a common complication includes?