Eight weeks after surgery, a patient without pain still takes oxycodone and acetaminophen (Percocet) four to six times a day. What phenomenon do you recognize?
a. Addiction
b. Dependence
c. Withdrawal
d. Tolerance
Question 2
You note all of the following changes in the last week in a 72-year-old nursing home patient taking nortriptyline (Pamelor) for chronic pain. For which problem do you immediately notify the prescriber?
a. Heart rate decreased from 80 to 72 beats/min.
b. Respiratory rate decreased from 20 to 16 breaths/min.
c. Weight increased from 128 to 137 lb.
d. Morning blood glucose increased from 86 to 94 mg/dL.
Tattoos and Body Piercings: This patient developed cellulitis from tattoo ink
Testing Visual Fields by Confrontation: The nurse and patient should be approximately at an eye to e
(A) Scratch test; patient is exposed to allergens through a light scratch on the skin; (B) Positive
24 weeks old human fetus
Medical assistants can quickly pull up a patient record when a phone call is received.
ROM exercises on a patient’s wrist: ulnar deviation.