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rayancarla1

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A patient, age 28, is treated at the clinic with an injection of long-acting penicillin for a streptococcal throat infection. Her history reveals that she has received penicillin before with no allergic responses.
 
  When the penicillin injection is administered, which information should be given to the patient by the nurse? a. Because she has taken penicillin before without problems, she can safely take it now.
  b. She must wait in the clinic area for 20 minutes before she is discharged.
  c. She would have immediate symptoms if she had developed an allergy to penicillin.
  d. She should monitor for fever and skin rash typical of serum sickness after taking penicillin.

Question 2

A patient comes to the walk-in clinic. While assessing the patient's vital signs, the nurse assesses the patient's blood pressure at 128/89 mm Hg. According to JNC7, how would this patient's blood pressure be classified?
 
  A) Hypertensive
  B) Normal
  C) Slightly hypertensive
  D) Prehypertensive


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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
The patient must always be observed for at least 20 minutes after administration, because hypersensitivity reaction or anaphylaxis may occur.

Answer to Question 2

D


rayancarla1

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Wow, this really help

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:D TYSM

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