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Prior to Administering a Prescribed Dose of Gentamicin (Garamycin), the Nurse

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Prior to administering a prescribed dose of gentamicin (Garamycin) , the nurse notes a client's serum level of gentamicin (Garamycin) is 12 mcg/mL? Which action should the nurse take?


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Psychosexual Development

A theory proposed by Freud that children go through a series of stages in which they confront conflicts between biological drives and social expectations, with successful navigation resulting in a healthy personality.

Reaction Formation

A mechanism of defense in which a forbidden impulse is turned into its opposite.

Oedipus Complex

A concept in psychoanalytic theory referring to a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.

Psychosexual Stage

In Freudian psychology, sequential developmental stages in childhood during which personality formation occurs, focusing on how children manage erotic and sexual impulses.

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