A client asks the nurse about the pathology of migraine headaches. The appropriate response would be:

A client 2 days postoperative abdominal surgery has a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with morphine for pain. The client is difficult to arouse with a respiratory rate of 8 bpm. The nurse will anticipate administering which medication?

Match the definition with the “layer of curriculum”.

Which of the following events does not occur during the contraction cycle?

In order for excitation-contraction coupling to occur, an action potential in the sarcolemma must travel _______________ in order to open calcium channels in the SR.

Which of the following events does not occur during the period of relaxation of the muscle twitch?

In a ramp contraction, how does the EMG vs Time graph change? And how does this relate to the Force vs Time graph?

You are a medical student working at your station in your hospital when an employee of the hospital asks for information about a patient who was admitted last night with a pulmonary embolus secondary to cancer. You know the details of the case. The person requesting the information states that the patient is his uncle. He also shows you proper identification proving he does work at the hospital. Which of the following is the most appropriate action in this case?

Your patient who is very ill and sleeping in the hospital had communicated she wished her medical information to be shared with her husband. One day her brother visits the hospital and says he is there on his sister’s behalf to bring back news on her medical condition to the husband. What do you do?

True or False: In “Snow,” the schoolteacher’s name is Sister Mary Elizabeth.