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Collmarie

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on: Jul 22, 2018
A patient has an order for intramuscular morphine sulphate, as needed, for pain, and the nurse accidentally administers an incorrect dosage. Which law best addresses this situation?
 
  a. Civil law
  b. Criminal law
  c. Human rights law
  d. Statute law

Question 2

Which of the following is an age-related skin change?
 
  a. Increased collagen
  b. Increase in size of hypodermis
  c. Flattening of attachment between dermis and epidermis
  d. A heightened inflammatory response resulting in increased epithelialization


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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A Civil laws protect the rights of individual persons. Administration of an incorrect dosage of morphine sulphate would fall under civil law because it could cause harm to an individual.
B Criminal law aims to protect society from harm and provide punishment for crimes (often imprisonment).
C Public law relates to human rights.
D Statute law is created by parliamentary, provincial, and territorial legislatures.

Answer to Question 2

C

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A Collagen is decreased in the aging patient.
B The hypodermis decreases in size in the aging patient.
C A skin-associated age-related change is that the attachment between dermis and epidermis flattens, allowing the skin to be easily torn from mechanical trauma.
D The inflammatory response is diminished in the aging patient.


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