A caregiver is working with a client who is having poorly controlled pain due to shingles. The associated pain travels to the client’s nervous system via

A person who uses cocaine requires consuming larger & larger doses of the substance to achieve the same euphoric feeling. This phenomenon is possibly due to:

Which factors contribute to sensorineural hearing loss? (Select all that apply)

The NP is rounding on a patient with a Fentanyl (opioid) addiction, who has not used any Fentanyl over the past 12 hours. The patient is experiencing restlessness, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, diaphoresis, and mydriasis. Which of the following would treatments would relieve these ACUTE symptoms? 

A badly burned firefighter has been in an induced coma for 3 weeks. When he awakens, he thanks his son for singing Happy Birthday to him a week earlier. Which part of the brain is responsible for allowing him to hear and comprehend while comatose?

Using the scenario from the question directly above, please choose the BEST answer to the following question:What is the amount of money the client will receive after the settlement?

Please read the following scenario and choose the BEST answer to the question at the end of the scenario. A car accident case settles in the amount of $120,000 for your client.  The money has been deposited into the firm’s client trust account.  Neither the law firm or the client have received any payments to date.  Your managing attorney has asked you to calculate the amount owed to all of the parties.  Below are the facts: Your firm is to pay (out of the settlement) medical expenses to the hospital related to injuries sustained by your client in the car accident in the amount of $10,000 Your firm has incurred $12,000 in legal expenses. Your firm billed hourly on the case in the amount of $40,000 but your managing attorney agreed to reduce the fee to $35,000 The client owes the firm $10,000 on another case and has agreed in writing to pay the firm that fee from this settlement. What is the total amount that the law firm will receive?

A newborn was diagnosed as having hypothyroidism at birth. The parent asks the nurse how the disease could be discovered this early. Which is the nurse’s best answer?

Dexamethasone is often prescribed for the child who has sustained a severe head injury. Dexamethasone is a(n):

A 7-year-old child is diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. What is one of the first symptoms usually noticed by parents when this illness develops?