The nurse is counseling a woman who is beginning antitubercular therapy with rifampin.  The client also takes an oral contraceptive.  Which statement by the nurse is most accurate regarding potential drug interactions?

The nurse caring for a patient with impaired immunity knows when her patient’s white blood cell count is 20,000 cell/mm 3, the assessment finding requiring priority intervention is:     

A nurse practices sterile (aseptic) technique while suctioning a client’s tracheostomy.  The purpose of maintaining sterile (aseptic) technique is to break the chain of infection at which element?

A client with a 10-year history of asthma presents with respiratory distress  labored breathing, use of accessory muscles, and audible inspiratory and expiratory wheezes.  Which of the following assessments would most readily indicate the client’s asthmatic condition is worsening?        

The nurse is giving an antihistamine and will observe the patient for which side effects from the antihistamine? Select All That Apply 1.  Hypertension 2.  Dizziness 3.  “Hang over effect” 4.  Dry Mouth 5.  Tachycardia

An adult has had a bronchoscopy.  Which assessment findings best indicate to the nurse that the client is ready for discharge?                                   

In Baroque operas and cantatas, this emotion is associated with a descending bass line  particularly when the composition was in a minor key.

Which genre is a polyphonic composition for choir or larger chorus that sets a religious, sacred, or solemn text and is often sung a cappella? 

In the 1930s this composer made a deliberate appeal to ordinary citizens by rejecting radical dissonance and atonality, working instead on a series of projects based on rural and Western American ideas. The resulting musical style is characterized by the use of folk songs and popular elements, tonal harmony, and a clear, luminous orchestration.

This describes the purpose of twelve-tone music.