Mr. Alcala is taking metalazone (Zaroxolyn) and diltiazem (Cardizem) for treatment of hypertension. Nurse Denisse a home health nurse is reviewing the medications with Mr. Alcala. Which statement by Mr. Alcala requires teaching about medications?

The nurse assesses a client who is receiving a tube feeding. Which situation would require prompt intervention from the nurse?

A patient often avoids talking about his cocaine use by refocusing on other problems areas, such as losing his job and discord within his family.  When the patient avoids discussing his drug use the most helpful response by the nurse should be:

A client with a history of peptic ulcer disease is admitted to the hospital. Initial assessment reveals that the blood pressure is 96/60 mm Hg, with a heart rate of 120 bpm. The client just vomited coffee-ground–like material. Based on these data, what should the nurse do first?

Nurse Elisabet is in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU) is monitoring a patient who has had a repair of an aortic aneurysm with graft surgery. Nurse Elisabet is unable to palpate the posterior tibial pulse of one leg that was palpable 15 minutes earlier. The most appropriate initial action for Nurse Elisabet is to: 

Explain why social, biological, and physical properties do not seem to establish the identity of an individual person. Be sure to explain this with a few different types of such properties (such as fingerprints, race, etc.). What type of properties, or what part of ourselves, does seem essential to our identity as an individual person? 

Explain how the problem of personal identity presents a problem for (a) criminal punishment and (b) rational egoism. Finally, what implications do the theories of the self and personal identity have for the question of a person’s life begins?

In a paragraph, identify and discuss the different types of heat transfer used in cooking.

For best outcome, when baking cakes, the cake pans should be placed

The Food and Drug Administration requires ___________ before it will allow the marketing and sale of new drugs.