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rlane42

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A nurse is caring for an infant with PDA. The nurse would anticipate that which of the following medications, administered intravenously, will be ordered by the physician to treatment the infant's PDA?
 
  a. Erythromycin c. Bleomycin
  b. Azulfidine d. Indomethacin

Question 2

While caring for a new mother on her second day postpartum, you notice that she handles her newborn tentatively, not kissing her child during the time she holds him. Which of the following would you suspect as the probable reason for this?
 
  A) She is disappointed in the child's sex.
  B) She has difficulty accepting her role change.
  C) She is reacting normally to accepting a new child.
  D) Her cultural customs do not include kissing children.



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Answer to Question 1

D
Indomethacin or ibuprofen lysine, administered intravenously, are used in the treatment of PDA in premature infants. Indomethacin and ibuprofen act to inhibit COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes and therefore inhibit the production of PGE2 and promote the closure of the ductus.

Answer to Question 2

C



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