A Patient Who Is Taking Doxycycline for a Serious Infection

question 2

Multiple Choice

A patient who is taking doxycycline for a serious infection contacts the nurse to report anal itching. The nurse will contact the provider to discuss:

• A) adding an antihistamine to the patient's drug regimen.
• B) ordering liver function tests to test for hepatotoxicity.
• C) prescribing an antifungal drug to treat a suprainfection.
• D) testing the patient for a C. difficile secondary infection.

Distinguish between different sleep disorders and their manifestations.

Understand the mechanisms and effects of different classes of drugs, including stimulants, depressants, and hallucinogenics.

Grasp the processes involved in suppressing versus repressing thoughts and their psychological implications.

Understand the characteristics of REM sleep and its importance to psychological functioning.

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Definitions:

Long-Term Memory

Long-Term Memory represents the stage of the memory process where information is stored indefinitely and can be retrieved long after it was originally learned.

Primary Language

The first language a person learns fluently, typically from early childhood, and uses readily as a primary means of communication.

Storage

The mental “holding on” to information between the time it is encoded and the time it is retrieved.

Retrieval Cue

A stimulus, whether internal or external, that facilitates the recall of information from memory.