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The patient should keep the leg straight for at least 4 hours.

An untoward, adverse drug reaction associated with the quinolones is tendon rupture. Electrolyte imbalance has not been associated with the group, and antibiotic-associated colitis is most common in augmentin and penicillin groups.Safety and Infection Control

Adolescents exhibiting signs of sexual development and interest are normal.

Patient safety should be the top concern about this patient.

Each lower extremity is scored as 18% according to the Rule of Nines.

Warming the blood will reduce the risk of additional cardiac arrhythmia.

All microdrop sets are calculated to give 60 drops for each milliliter of IV fluid. Macrodrop sets are calculated to give 10, 15, or 20 drops for each milliliter of IV fluid.Pharmacological Therapies

The liver is the primary organ for digestion. Liver function tests measure the blood level of enzymes produced by the liver: prothrombin time/partial prothrombin time, serum glutamic oxaloacetic and pyruvic transaminases, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, albumin, and alkalinephosphatase. Choice 1 measures the body’s ability to clear triglycerides, the primary component of fats. Failure to clear triglycerides from the bloodstream indicates a problem with storage or the ingestion of too much fat. Choice 3 measures the blood glucose at intervals after a glucose-rich solution is ingested; it is used for diagnosing diabetes. Choice 4 is used to evaluate blood components.Pharmacological Therapies

A loading or priming dose rapidly establishes a therapeutic plasma drug level. It can be calculated by multiplying the volume of distribution by the desired plasma drug concentration. A maintenance dose maintains a therapeutic level after the loading dose. It takes five drug half-lives to achieve steady state if no loading dose is given. Choice 3 is similar to a maintenance dose. Intravenous administration provides excellent drug bioavailability, but one dose will not achieve a therapeutic plasma level.Pharmacological Therapies

Acutely psychotic patients will disrupt group activities.

Breath sounds would be softer.

Ethics committees do not deal with financial matters of payment. Euthanasia, starting or stopping treatment, and use of feeding tubes to maintain nutritional status are topics within the ethical scope of the committee’s function.Coordinated Care

VLCDs are used in the clinical treatment of obesity under close medical supervision. The diet is low in calories, high in quality of protein, and has a minimum of carbohydrates to spare protein and prevent ketosis.Physiological Adaptation

The practice of polygamy refers to having multiple wives or husbands. When there are multiple wives who are sisters, the polygamy is designated as soronal. When the wives are not sisters it is nonsororal. Polyandry refers to multiple husbands and is rare. Some cultures practice a polygamy designated as sororate. Sororate polygamy specifies that a husband must marry his wife’s sister if she dies. These marriages are successive rather than concurrent.Health Promotion and Maintenance

The numerator, which is always 20, is the distance in feet between the chart and the client. The denominator, which ranges from 10 to 200, indicates the distance at which a normal eye can read the chart. The eye chart the nurse uses is the Snellen chart, which assesses distance vision.Health Promotion and Maintenance