A provider prescribes phenobarbital for a client who has a seizure disorder. The medication has a long half-life of 4 days. How many times per day should
... [Show More] the nurse expect to administer this medication?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
A staff educator is reviewing medication dosages and factors that influence medication metabolism with a group of nurses at an in-service presentation. Which of the following factors should the educator include as a reason to administer lower medication dosages? (Select all that apply.)
A. Increased renal secretion
B. Increased medication-metabolizing enzymes
C. Liver failure
D. Peripheral vascular disease
E. Concurrent use of medication the same pathway metabolizes
A nurse is preparing a client's medications. Which of the following actions should the nurse take in following legal practice
guidelines? (Select all that apply.)
A.maintain skill competency.
B. Determine the dosage.
C. monitor for adverse effects.
D.Safeguard medications.
A nurse reviewing a client's health record notes a new prescription for lisinopril 10 mg PO once every day. The nurse should identify this as which of the following types of prescription?
A.Single
B.Stat
C.Routine
D.Standing
A nurse is reviewing a new
prescription for ondansetron 4 mg
PO PRN for nausea and vomiting for a client who has hyperemesis
gravid arum. The nurse should clarify which of the following parts of the
prescription with the provider?
A.Name
B.Dosage
C.Route
D.Frequency
A nurse is admitting a client and completing a preassessment before administering medications.
Which of the following data
should the nurse include in the preassessment? (Select all that apply.)
A.Use of herbal teas
B.Daily fluid intake
C.Current health status
D.Previous surgical history
E.Food allergie
Which of the following statements should the nurse identify as an
indication that the newly licensed nurse understands the process?
A."A second nurse enters
the prescription into the
client's medical record."
B."Another nurse should
listen to the phone call."
C."The provider can clarify
the prescription when he
signs the health record."
D."I should omit the 'r
ead back' if this is a one time prescription -
A nurse is preparing to administer vancomycin 1 g by intermittent IV bolus. Available is vancomycin 1 g
in 100 mL of dextrose 5% in water (D5W) to infuse over 45 min. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 10 gtt/mL. The nurse should
adjust the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round
the answer to the nearest whole number. Do not use a trailing zero. - ANSWER- 22 gtt/min
A nurse is preparing to administer clindamycin 200 mg by intermittent IV bolus. The amount available is clindamycin injection 200 mg in 100 mL 0.9% sodium chloride
(0.9% NaCl) to infuse over 30 min. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr? (Round
the answer to the nearest whole number. Do not use a trailing zero. - ANSWER- 200 mL/hr
A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide 80 mg PO daily. The amount available is furosemide oral
solution 10 mg/1 mL. how many mL should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Do not use a trailing zero.) - ANSWER- 8 mL
A nurse is preparing to administer haloperidol 2 mg PO every 12 hr. The amount available is haloperidol 1 mg/tablet.
how many tablets
should the nurse administer? (Round
the answer to the nearest whole number. Do not use a trailing zero. - ANSWER- 2 tablets [Show Less]