The nurse is caring for a patient who has been ordered an adrenergic drug to treat asthma. when assessing the patient prior to administering the first dose of the drug, the nurse finds that the patient’s blood pressure is 180/90 mm hg. what is the nurse’s highest priority action?

Hiv is inactivated in the laboratory after a few minutes of sitting at room temperature, but the flu virus is still active after sitting for several hours. what are the practical consequences of these findings? a) hiv can be transmitted more easily from person to person than the flu virusb) the flu virus can be transmitted more easily from person to person than hivc) this property of hiv makes it more likely to be a pandemic than the flu virusd) disinfecting surfaces is more important to reduce the spread of hiv than the flu

A35-year-old woman arrives on the floor after an uneventful hysteroscopy to evaluate her long history of uterine fibroids. about 30 minutes after her arrival, she begins to complain of nausea and has two episodes of vomiting. the physical administers 0.625 mg of droperidol and 400 mg of acetaminophen by mouth. on follow-up evaluation, the patient's neck is involuntarily flexed to one side. she is alert, oriented, and conversation and has an otherwise normal neurological examination. which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? - cerebral vascular accident- conversion disorder- dystonic reaction to droperidol- munchausen syndrome- seizure

Drug categories matching. match the term in column 1 with the associated term in column 2. antihistamine antipsychotic analgesic antidiabetic anticholinergic beta-agonists anti-alzheimer ssri antianxiety corticosteroid cytotoxic antifungal antiviral quinolone cephalosporin rapid-acting insulin antiemetics anti-acidity antihyperlipidemics vasodilators antiarrhythmics calcium channel blockers beta blockers angiotensin ii receptor blockers diuretics digitalis preparations antiosteoporosis drug antiplatelet drug local anesthesia ipratropium simvastatin aricept dolasetron ciprofloxacin digoxin aripiprazole sotalol acyclovir valsartan hydralazine nsaid