Answer to Question 1
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Valium can cause a physiologic and a psychological dependence. Valium should not cause uri-nary retention, severe dehydration, or hallucinations.
Answer to Question 2
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To best manage moderate level anxiety, the nurse should help provide outlets for tension. These activities include walking, crying, and working at simple, concrete tasks. Learning something new, watching an intense TV show, or reading information about the negative effects of anxiety are activities that may exacerbate anxiety rather than relieve it.
Sharing patient information with colleagues is an important nursing role
Taking a Patient’s Oral Temperature with an Electronic Thermometer
Patient receiving ultrasound treatment to the left elbow.
(A) Scratch test; patient is exposed to allergens through a light scratch on the skin; (B) Positive
A, A nurse is adding a medication to an IV line as a piggyback
Pulmonary function test: spirometry. (a) Normal respiratory volumes, as measured during spirometry.