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A patient is found in an alleyway, conscious, alert, and breathing. The patient complains of extreme nausea, chills, and is having hallucinations. He keeps asking for a drink of beer. You suspect:
 
  A) schizophrenia.
  B) cognitive disorder.
  C) bipolar disorder.
  D) acute withdrawal.

Question 2

A patient complaining of substernal chest pain tells you that it feels the same as when he had a heart attack two years ago. He is diaphoretic, nauseated, vomiting, and has a blood pressure of 78/50 mmHg and heart rate of 84. He also is allergic to aspirin. He asks you to assist him in taking one of his nitroglycerin pills. Which one of the assessment findings that follows represents a contraindication to the administration of the nitroglycerin?
 
  A) Nausea and vomiting
  B) Heart rate below 100
  C) Chest pain rated less than 5 on a scale of 1 to 10
  D) Blood pressure of 78/50 mmHg



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katkat_flores

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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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crazycityslicker

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Reply 2 on: Jul 2, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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:D TYSM

 

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