Increases in the systemic vascular resistance (SVR) chiefly cause:

Some antidepressant drugs act by inhibiting monoamine oxidase (MAO). What is the function of this enzyme?

The hemodynamic effect of increasing a patient’s systemic vascular resistance (SVR) is to increase blood pressure.

Qp/Qs is the ratio of:

You see that your patient has orders for two antibiotics: cefotaxime (Claforan) 1 g in 100 mL of NS IV to be infused over 2 hours twice daily and amikacin 500 mg every 8 hours in 250 mL of NS to be infused IV over 1 hour. Your patient is also receiving an IV continuous infusion of NS at a rate of 100 mL/hr. What is your patient’s total 24 hour IV fluid intake? The “Institute for Safe Medication Practices (2020)” recommends that healthcare providers use commas for numbers greater than 999 because having multiple zeros could cause them to discount zeros and thus, a medication error.                      (Round to the nearest whole number).

  a. Identify the structure labeled A.  b. Identify the structure labeled B. c. What organ system do these structures belong to?

In order to infuse 1000 mL of Lactated Ringers IV fluid over 8 hours, the RN would set the Alaris pump to run at how many mLs/hr? (Round to the nearest whole number)

The order reads: “Over the next 4 hours, infuse 500 ml of 5% Dextrose 0.9% Normal Saline.  The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 10gtt/mL.  The nurse should set the IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min?  Round the answer to the nearest whole number. 

a. Which lobe of the pituitary gland is the pointer indicating? b. Is this lobe made up of neural tissue or glandular tissue? c. Name one hormone which is released by this lobe.

Which formed element is labeled B? Be specific.