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The nurse is caring for a client with a brain tumor. What drug would the nurse expect to be prescribed to reduce the edema surrounding the tumor?

The nurse admits a client to an oncology unit that is a site for a study on the efficacy of a new chemotherapeutic drug. The client knows that placebos are going to be used for some participants in the study but does not know that he is receiving a placebo. When is it ethically acceptable to use placebos?

A client with diabetes presents to the clinic and is diagnosed with a mononeuropathy. This client’s nursing care should involve which of the following?

The nurse is caring for a client who has a diagnosis of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH). The plan of care includes assessment of specific gravity every 4 hours. The results of this test will allow the nurse to assess what aspect of the client’s health?

The wife of a client is concerned because her husband is requiring increasingly high doses of analgesia. She states, “He was in pain long before he got cancer because he broke his back about 20 years ago. For that problem, though, his pain medicine wasn’t just raised and raised.” What would be the nurses’ best response?

The atmospheric pressure at the top of Mount Everest averages about 235mmHg.  What is this pressure in psi?   

Which of the following gases will have the greatest kinetic energy at STP?     R = 8.3145  

Given an atmospheric pressure of 753.5mmHg, calculate the pressure of the gas sample, as indicated by the manometer:   

35.2mL of a 0.127M HNO3 solution is reacted with excess Na2CO3 solution, according to the following equation: Na2CO3(aq)  +  2HNO3(aq)  

Which of the following gases will have the greatest kinetic energy at STP?     R = 8.3145