A nurse is caring for a client who is to receive 1,500 mL of 0.9% sodium chlorideIV over8 hours. The nurse
plans to use IV tubing with a drop factor of
... [Show More] 10gtt/mL. How many gtt/min of IV fluid should the client receive?
(Round your answer to the nearest whole number).
31gtt/min
2. A nurse is admitting a client to a long-term care facility. While reconciling the medication prescribed at home
with those prescribed in the facility, the nurse discovers a discrepancy in the dosages. Which action should the
nurse take?
o Clarify the medication dosages with theprovider.
o Change the prescribed medication dosagesto reconcilethe discrepancy
o Contact the pharmacist regarding the dosage discrepancies
o Ask a family member to verify the medication dosages
3. A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving a fentanyl
transdermalsystem(Duragesic). What is important to document in the
client’srecord?
o Fluidintake
o
Skinintegrity
o Respiratoryrate
oPulserate
4. A nurse is caring for a client who has acute angina and has a prescription
fornitroglycerin. Whichof the following is an appropriate intervention for the nurse totake
whenadministering thismedication?
o Massage the nitroglycerin ointment completely into
theskin. oReplace the nitroglycerin transdermal patch
every 4hours.
o Administer a sustained nitroglycerin tabletorally.
o Administer a nitroglycerin tablet sublingually every 5minutes.
o
5. A nurse is assessing a school age client who is experiencing seizure activity and
isprescribed diazepam (Valium) IV. The nurse should should clarify the order if the client is
receivinga continuousinfusion of which of the followingIV:
o Lactated Ringerssolution
o 0.9% Sodium chloride with 100 units of
Med C
regularinsulin o0.9% sodiumchloride
o 0.9% Sodium chloride with 20 mEq of potassiumchloride
o A nurse is providing discharge dietary teaching to a client who has a something and istaking
medicationtheophylline and to provide general instructions the nurse should include?
Avoid caffeinated beverages
2. the nurse is mixing regular insulin and NPH into a syringe for a client who has diabetes
mellitus. Whichof the following actions should the nurse take first?
Inject air into the NPH vial
3. a nurse isteaching a client who has a new prescription of Alendronate for
osteoporosis. Whatinstructions should the nurse include?
Sit upright for at least 30 mins after taking the medication
4. a nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following a thyroidectomy and isreceiving
morphinefor pain. Which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as an adverse
effect of morphine?
Bladder distention
5. nurse isteaching a client who has pernicious anemia to self-administer cyanocobalamin.
Which of thefollowing information should the nurse include in the teaching?
Administerthe medication into one nostril once per week
6. a nurse isteaching a newly license nurse about medication reconciliation. The nurse should
instructthe newly license nurse for medication reconciliation for which of the following
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