Author Question: A trauma patient has been receiving frequent doses of morphine in the 6 days since his accident. ... (Read 8 times)

dalyningkenk · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A trauma patient has been receiving frequent doses of morphine in the 6 days since his accident. This pattern of analgesic administration should prompt the nurse to carefully monitor the patient's

A) urine specific gravity.
B) skin integrity.
C) bowel patterns.
D) core body temperature.

Question 2

A patient has been prescribed a histamine-2 (H2) receptor antagonist for the treatment of GERD. Why are H2RAs more effective than H1 receptor antagonists in the treatment of diseases of the upper GI tract?

A) H2RAs have a longer duration of action and fewer adverse effects than H1RAs.
B) The parietal cells of the stomach have H2 receptors but not H1 receptors.
C) H2RAs may be administered orally and in an outpatient environment but H1RAs require intravenous administration.
D) H2 receptors in the upper GI tract outnumber H1 receptors by a factor of 2:1.