A nurse is caring for a patient who is taking haloperidol. The patient has orders for a new drug, and the nurse notes that it is highly protein bound. The nurse will plan care based on a(n):
- increased risk for toxic effects of haloperidol therapy.
Answer: B) Trypanosoma brucei
Explanation:
Trypanosoma brucei is a parasite which belongs to the genus of Trypanosoma. The parasite is distributed by the vector. It causes sleeping sickness in humans. The symptoms associated with the parasite includes the fever, headache, mental confusion, problems in coordination, skin rash, swollen lymph nodes and itching. T. brucei is transmitted by an insect vector to a host mammal.
The harmful affects of tobacco are your body will have bad effects such as black lungs, smokers cough, your teeth can decay and you can even die due to tobacco. It messes you up mentally making you thing that you need tobacco all the time and making you addicted to tobacco. When the use of tobacco you could loss some good friends that you have and end up in the wrong group that you should not be in. Legal consequences to tobacco can be you getting a ticket for being caught with it but if you get caught selling to anyone under the ages of 21 you can get charges pressed against you and can end up with jail time! Hope this helps.
Drugs that break down a psychological barrier against doing other drugs are known as gateways drugs.
A very known gateway drug (or at least one that has been considered as such) is marijuana or weed. A drug that is being widely consumed in various countries and is also being sold as a legal drug in some countries.