Your patient is a 56-year-old female who is alert and sitting in a chair. She states that she accidentally took too many of her Cardizem tablets. Which of the following signs or symptoms would you least expect to find?
A) Cool, dry skin and mild hypotension
B) Warm, dry skin and tachycardia
C) Cool, diaphoretic skin and profound hypotension
D) Bradycardia and altered mental status
B
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When describing the biomechanical properties of cancellous and cortical bone, which of the following statements is true?
a. Cancellous bone is stiffer than cortical bone and can withstand less strain before failure. b. Cortical bone is stiffer than cancellous bone and can withstand less strain before failure. c. Cancellous bone is stiffer than cortical bone and can withstand more strain before failure. d. Cortical bone is stiffer than cancellous bone and can withstand more strain before failure.
A coworker wants to leave work an hour early to see her son’s school program. Her duties are done for the day. She asks you to punch her timecard at the end of the day since she has no personal time off remaining. Which of the following is appropriate?
a. Agree to punch her time card, as long as she returns the favor next week. b. It is only an hour, and your supervisor sometimes takes more than that for a lunch break. You punch her out. c. Punching her time card would be falsification of time worked, so you explain that you are not comfortable punching her out, and advise her to talk to the supervisor to get the time off. d. You tell her yes, then report her to the supervisor.