ADVANCED CONCEPTS A patient with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus is taking carvedilol (Coreg). What special precaution should you teach the patient to take when taking this drug?

What is the output of the println() calls below:                              String s1 = new String(“abc”);                       String s2 = new String(“abc”);                       String s3 = new String(“abc”).intern();                       String s4 = new String(“abc”).intern();                       String s5 = “abc”;                       String s6 = “abc”;                                             System.out.println(s1 == s2);                        System.out.println(s1 == s3);                        System.out.println(s1 == s5);                        System.out.println(s3 == s4);                        System.out.println(s3 == s5);                        System.out.println(s5 == s6); 

BASIC CONCEPTS Which health care professional has the major responsibility for dispensing prescribed drugs under the direction of a pharmacist?

If Antonio wants to be successful (promoted quickly in his department) according to research by Luthans, he should spend most of his time on activities. 

Sam is a boy scout leader taking a group of scouts on a hike up a moutain to a camping site. He observes that the hiking group keeps getting spread out because one boy, Joshua, walks more slowly than the others. To keep the group moving together, Sam puts Joshua at the head of the line. This change illustrates which key principle of Theory of Constraints operations management?

BASIC CONCEPTS Why are antibiotics from the tetracycline drug group seldom prescribed during pregnancy?

BASIC CONCEPTS A patient who has a serious chronic disorder (epilepsy) has been taking a drug to control it that has a moderate likelihood of increasing the risk for birth defects or fetal damage. She tells you that she would like to have a child. What is your best response?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS A patient has a dose of labetalol (Normodyne) ordered twice a day and is due to have an exercise stress test this morning. What is your best action at this time?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS Which statement by a patient prescribed enalapril (Vasotec) indicates the need for additional teaching?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS Why should you avoid aspirating the syringe before injecting an insulin dose?