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An elderly postsurgical patient has developed postoperative pneumonia in the days following abdominal surgery and is being treated with a number of medications.
 
  Which of the following medications that the nurse will administer has the slowest absorption?
  A) A sublingual benzodiazepine that has been prescribed to help the patient sleep
  B) An intravenous (IV) antibiotic that is being administered by IV piggyback at 150 mL/hour
  C) An oral antidepressant that the patient has been taking daily for several years
  D) An intramuscular (IM) injection of an opioid analgesic

Question 2

An elderly woman is slated for a hemiarthroplasty (hip replacement surgery) after falling and breaking her hip on the stairs outside her home.
 
  The woman's pain in the time since her injury has been severe, and her care team has been treating it with morphine. Which of the following administration schedules is most likely to control the patient's pain?
  A) Scheduled doses of short-acting morphine q1h around the clock
  B) Twice-daily doses of long-acting morphine, with short-acting morphine available for breakthrough pain
  C) A large long-acting dose of morphine at 8 AM with smaller doses at 12 PM, 5 PM, and 10 PM.
  D) Alternating doses of long-acting morphine with short-acting morphine


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

C

Answer to Question 2

B


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Reply #2 on: Jul 23, 2018
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Reply #3 on: Jul 23, 2018
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