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dmcintosh

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Marcy, a charge nurse on the floor, calls to say that she forgot to chart the 1400 dose of chlorpromazine (Thorazine) for Mrs. Fritz. She asks, Please sign it for me. You saw me give it just before we counted the narcotics at the change of shift.
 
   The legal responsibility of the nurse is to:
  A) Sign out psychoactive medications for other nurses because medications are so closely monitored
  B) Forbid the LPN/LVN to administer psychoactive medications
  C) Support the charge nurse's request, because this is a direct request from a supervisor
  D) Require only the nurse who gives medications to sign for them

Question 2

You are the nurse caring for a 20-year-old female patient who is being treated for bulimia nervosa. You realize that the activity of bingeing and purging for several months has placed this patient at a high risk for:
 
  A) Bowel obstruction
  B) Cardiac arrhythmias and electrolyte imbalances
  C) Asthma and food allergies
  D) Throat cancer


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choc0chan

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B


dmcintosh

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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
:D TYSM

Chelseyj.hasty

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Gracias!

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