In your lab you are studying the kinetics of the degradation of a pain killer in the human liver. you are monitoring the concentration of the pain killer over a period of time. the initial concentration of the pain killer in your experiment was 1.57 m. after 50.59 hours the concentration was found to be 0.7850 m. in another 50.59 hours the concentration was found to be 0.3925 m (t = 101.18 hours overall). if another experiment were set up where the initial concentration of the pain killer was 0.385 m, how long would it take for the pain killer concentration to reach 0.0139 m?

You are caring for a patient with an anxiety disorder on the psychiatric unit. the family is present with the patient. your instructor talked in the mental health course about cognitive, affective, and behavioral psychiatric nursing interventions. a. what are cognitive, affective, and behavioral psychiatric nursing interventions? b. give some examples of cognitive, affective, and behavioral psychiatric nursing interventions you could apply to the care of this family.

Mr. edwards is 20-year-old male patient who is admitted for treatment of recurring pyelonephritis (kidney infection) and surgical treatment of a urinary stricture, which has decreased the urinary stream. mr. edwards has paraplegia; he is paralyzed from the waist down secondary to an automobile accident when he was 16. he came by ambulance to the hospital, leaving his wheelchair and wheelchair pressure- relieving cushion at home. according to the nursing history, the patient is a nonsmoker and he does not drink alcohol or take any illegal drugs. a. what nursing considerations should be made for mr. edwards related to his disability? b. what health promotion and prevention education does mr. edwards need?

There are many people who do not look like the people we are familiar with. some scientists believe that this "fear of others who look different" stems from our prehistoric days. our brains said "run" when we met others who did not look the same as us. use your imagination and ask yourself how would react to someone with hypertrichosis?