Answer to Question 1
C
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Prednisone is available in oral form only and is used for replacement therapy for adrenal insufficiency, and treatment of allergic and inflammatory disorders. Cortisone can be administered orally or intramuscularly and is used for replacement therapy. Hydrocortisone, used for replacement therapy, is administered by the oral, IV, intramuscular, topical, ophthalmic, rectal, and intra-articular routes. Triamcinolone is administered by the oral, intramuscular, inhalant, intra-articular, and topical routes and is used for treatment of allergic and inflammatory disorders and in the management of asthma.
Answer to Question 2
A, B, D
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Adverse effects associated with the use of inhaled steroids include irritability, not depression, headache, rebound congestion, local infection, not sepsis and epistaxis.
When using an interpreter, the nurse should pose questions directly to the patient, not the interpre
The nurse is using Standard Precautions to draw blood.
A, A nurse is adding a medication to an IV line as a piggyback
Application of an ostomy bag or pouch: B, An ostomy nurse applying an ostomy bag to a stoma;
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