Which of the following patients are at increased risk of electrolyte disturbances?

Active transport is a process that occurs when

A severely dehydrated patient needs 2 L of NS over 1 hour using a 20 gtt/mL IV set. What is the drip rate in drops per minute?

Which of the following consequences is seen when there is a failure of the sodium/potassium pump?

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: