A patient who developed stroke symptoms 1 hour ago is in the emergency department. Which type of drug does the nurse expect to prepare to treat this problem?

A patient with heart failure is prescribed oral captopril (Capoten) and carvedilol (Coreg). The heart rate after giving these drugs is decreased from 84 per minute to 68 per minute. What is the nurse’s best action?

Researchers studied preteens at an outdoor education camp that prevented kids from using devices with screens (e.g., cell phones; Uhls et al., 2014). They predicted the camp would improve children’s nonverbal communication skills. One group of sixth graders attended the camp in the spring. They were compared with a group of sixth graders from the same school who did not attend the camp. The kids were tested on how well they could read emotions in faces. The camp group took the emotion test on Monday and Friday (the first and last days of their camp week). The control group took the emotion test on Monday and Friday of a regular school week. What type of design was this? 

A patient who has been taking an anticoagulant daily for a year is now prescribed a one-time IM dose of an antibiotic. Which action will the nurse implement to reduce the patient’s risk for bleeding?

What is the term for a quasi-experimental design with at least one treatment group and one comparison group, in which the participants are measured once (at the end) and are not randomly-assigned to the groups? 

A 2-year-old child is prescribed to receive 2.5 mg of loratadine syrup. The available drug is loratadine 5 mg/5 mL. How many mL will the nurse prepare are the correct dose for this patient?

Which drug/agent does the nurse expect to be prescribed for a patient with a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) who is 5 months pregnant?

A patient prescribed atorvastatin reports all of the following problems or changes since starting this drug. Which problem or change does the nurse report to the prescriber immediately?

A school psychologist wants to evaluate a new intervention designed to reduce classroom disruptions. She introduces the intervention at different points in time for three different students, while continuously measuring each student’s disruptive behavior throughout the study. What type of small-n research design is this? 

How are drug tolerance and drug addiction different?