A client is being treated for pulmonary tuberculosis with isoniazid (INH) 300mg PO daily, rifampin 600mg PO daily, ethambutol 400mg PO daily and pyridoxine 10mg PO daily. The client is admitted to the hospital for a total hip replacement. The client asks if it is necessary to take all of these medications while in the hospital. The nurses’ best action should be to do which of the following?

On morning rounds, the post-op client presents with T 99.9⁰F, P 94, RR 28, BP 130/80, pallor and diaphoresis.  What is the priority intervention for this client?

Your friend gets stung. You don’t know if it is a wasp or a bee. How could you determine what type of insect stung your friend? (1 mark) Describe your thinking using your knowledge of acids and bases.  (1 mark) 

Which surgeon might provide the operative exposure for the neurosurgeon in a transphenoidal approach to the sella turnica?

A large bony process found on the femur where muscle attach is a:

What incision is frequently used for pediatric aortic coarctation repair?  

Which instrument will the surgeon use to free the entrapped orbital fat during repair of an orbital floor fracture?

From where do most intracranial aneurysms arise?

Which portion of the stomach is superior to the esophageal sphincter?

Which one is not a one layer dressing?