8. The client has packed red blood cells infusing with normal saline as a carrier. The doctor orders 40 mg furosemide IV stat. The nurse knows that furosemide is compatible with normal saline. What is the nurse’s best action?

Chapter 13: Built almost 2000 years ago, the _______________ is an enduring testament to the Roman use of the arch.

Chapter 3: What was Pablo Picasso’s Guernica a protest against?

Chapter 2: What is the term for the personal, social, cultural, and historical setting in which a work of art was created, received, and interpreted?

Chapter 13: The round opening in the dome of the Pantheon is called a(n) _________________.

Select the best answer. A left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 35% is reported for an 82-year-old primary care patient with recent onset of shortness of breath and peripheral edema. This finding is interpreted as:

With 4 random variables, each variable with domain size 3, how many INDEPENDENT entries are needed in the Joint Probability Distribution table? 

Consider a constraint  graph: Linear connections between nodes are in this sequence, V1-V2-V3-V4-V5, and each of these nodes is connected to a sixth node V0.  Respective domains are as follows: V0={1}, V3={1,2,3},   all other nodes ={1,3}.  Constraints: No adjacent nodes may have the same value. Which one below is a solution?

Select the best answer: An 81-year-old adult female presents to a primary care nurse practitioner following a recent hospitalization for new-onset non-valvular atrial fibrillation. The patient has a history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes and no history of stroke or TIA. Current medications include metformin (Glucophage), lisinopril (Prinivil), and diltiazem (Cardizem). The patient has no known drug allergies.  The atrial fibrillation rate control has been effective. Diagnostic testing has shown no evidence of valvular heart disease. What is the calculated CHA2DS2-VASc score and what, if any, anticoagulation treatment is recommended?

to Select the best answer. A 72-year-old adult patient with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and osteoarthritis presents to the primary care nurse practitioner for pre-surgical clearance for an elective right knee replacement. Presenting BP is 138/94.  Current lab shows normal renal and liver function.  The patient is taking amlodipine (Norvasc) and simvastatin (Zocor). The patient did not take the medication before coming to clinic today. The patient reports intermittent, chest discomfort (currently rated as 3 of 10 on pain scale) several times over the past 24 hours but is asymptomatic at this time. Symptoms resolved with rest. Today’s ECG shows:      The most appropriate action by the nurse practitioner is to: