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leilurhhh

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A patient is to receive 100 mL of normal saline over the next 5 hours with microdrip tubing. How many drops per minute are required to infuse this fluid in the prescribed time? _____ gtt per minute
 
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When administering a neuromuscular blocking drug, the nurse needs to remember which principle?
 
  a. It is used instead of general anesthesia during surgery.
  b. Only skeletal muscles are paralyzed; respiratory muscles remain functional.
  c. It causes sedation and pain relief while allowing for lower doses of anesthetics.
  d. Artificial mechanical ventilation is required because of paralyzed respiratory muscles.


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

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Reply 2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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