A nurse caring for a patient with bacterial tracheitis identifies early that the patient is becoming septic by closely monitoring what? Select the best choice. 

The nurse is educating the family of a child using an albuterol inhaler. Note the statements in the conversation that lead the nurse to believe that further education is needed. Select all that apply.

Pain that has an exaggerated response beyond its protective usefulness is called:

Which opioid should not be administered concurrently with the use of transdermal fentanyl due to risk of partial blockage of opioid receptors and reduced analgesic effect?

The use of morphine administered through an epidural route is most likely to illicit which adverse effect?

The first use of butorphanol in veterinary medicine was to act as a(n):

The drug that is most similar to oxymorphone in duration and effect is:

A resident tells the nurse aide that she has pain down her arms and into the jaw and that she feels nauseated. The nurse aide observes that the resident appears pale and is sweeting. The nurse aide should

A resident is being showered while sitting in a shower . The resident says, “I feel weak. I think I am going to faint” The nurse aide’s immediate concerns are calling for help and

A nurse aide is assigned to a table in the dining room during the resident’s lunch. One of the residents who is seated at the table begins to have a seizure. The nurse has been called. The next action by the nurse aide should be to