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pragya sharda

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The nurse, providing an opioid analgesic to a client, will assess the client for risk factors that could cause respiratory depression. All of the following are examples of these risk factors, EXCEPT:
 
  a. renal dysfunction. c. altered level of consciousness.
  b. normal liver function. d. abdominal distention.

Question 2

The nurse, planning care for several clients, realizes that the one who would be at MOST RISK of experiencing sensory disturbances would be a:
 
  a. 24-year-old client with a lower leg cast.
  b. 44-year-old client who left her reading glasses at home.
  c. normal 10-week-old infant.
  d. 56-year-old client in intensive care after a heart attack.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: B

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D


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