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cnetterville

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A patient has a tumor of the spinal cord. The patient is administered a corticosteroid. What effect will the corticosteroid have on the tumor?
 
  A) It will allow the tumor to be more susceptible to treatment.
  B) It will decrease the chance of infection and meningitis.
  C) It will assist in decreasing the edema at the site of the tumor.
  D) It will cause muscle weakness and atrophy, but decrease the tumor.

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The nurse is administering telithromycin (Ketek) to a child with Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. What nursing intervention is implemented when administering this medication?
 
  A) Administer the medication with or without food
  B) Administer the medication with grapefruit juice
  C) Increase the dose in the event of QT elongation
  D) Administer the medication with lovastatin


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chereeb

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A


cnetterville

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Wow, this really help

jackie

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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