Mrs. Quinn has just turned 65, is in excellent health and has a relatively high income. She uses no medications and sees no reason to spend money on a Medicare prescription drug plan if she does not need the coverage. She currently does not have creditable coverage. What could you tell her about the implications of such a decision?

List three other drugs used for anxiety or sleep that are not classified as benzodiazepines or barbiturates.

Aclient with pernicious anemia asks why she must take vitamin b12 injections for the rest of her life. what is the nurse's best response? a. "the reason for your vitamin deficiency is an inability to absorb the vitamin because the stomach is not producing sutficient acid." b. "the reason for your vitamin deficiency is an inability to absorb the vitamin because the stomach is not producing sufficient intrinsic factor." c. "the reason for your vitamin deficiency is an excessive excretion of the vitamin because of kidney dysfunction." d. "the reason for your vitamin deficiency is an increased requirement for the vitamin because of rapid red blood cell production."

Adiabetic patient goes to a doctor for the amputation of his gangrenous right leg. the doctor diagnoses him and schedules the patient for surgery. the patient signs a consent form for the surgery. the doctor performs the surgery but removes his left leg instead, which was also gangrenous and threatening the patient's life. if the patient did not have his left leg removed, it is possible he could have died. does the patient have any claims against the doctor? if so, what claim(s), and why?