The paramedic’s obligation to provide care to a patient either as a formal or ethical responsibility is his/her

Which route provides the fastest medication absorption?

An insulin-dependent diabetic who has not been taking her insulin has a BGL of 872 mg/dL.  She is most likely in 

You must administer 500 mL of LR over 45 minutes using a 10 gtt/mL set. What is the drip rate in drops per minute?

The culturally sensitive nurse would delay a discussion relative to a patient’s terminal illness if that patient were a:

A Roman Catholic patient going to surgery for an emergency cesarean delivery is afraid the baby may not survive, and because she is Roman Catholic, she asks you to be sure that the baby is baptized when it is born. Your response to her should be:

Karen is a recent graduate. She is planning to go to India with her church group as a nurse on a medical mission trip. She will be working in a church funded clinic. Which of the following shows willingness for the development of cultural competence?

The nurse caring for a terminally ill patient with renal failure would question an order for pain control that prescribed:

Pobre señor Suárez…¿por qué no (pedir) los camarones?

La comida (tardar) (took a long time) en llegar y los señores Suárez (dormirse) esperando la comida.