A client arrives at the emergency department with chest pain after taking sildenafil.
Based on the client's history, which medication should the nurse withhold?

A child who weighs 55 pounds receives a prescription for cefotaxime 150 mg/kg/day intravenously in divided doses every 6 hours.
How many mg should the nurse administer each day?

A nurse is caring for a client who has meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.

The provider orders penicillin G IV for this client.

Before administering the medication, which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A 70-year-old female presents to the emergency department triage with a noticeable facial droop and garbled speech. After having a few drinks at a local seafood restaurant, the client’s husband noticed his wife’s speech became difficult to understand.

The triage nurse does a rapid assessment of the client.

Select one condition and one client finding to complete the sentence(s). Based on the collected data, the nurse recognizes that the client is most likely exhibiting signs of

When the practical nurse (PN) atempts to assist an 18-year-old client with a mild mental disability to ambulate on the first postoperative day after an appendectomy, she becomes angry and says, "PN, 'Get out of here! I'll get up when I'm ready!"

Which response is best for the PN to make?

An adult male was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer three weeks ago.

His wife approaches the nurse and asks how she will know that her husband's death is imminent because their two adult children want to be there when he dies.

Which is the best response by the nurse?

A nurse is providing education to a client prescribed an antidepressant for their phobia.
Which statement by the client indicates a need for further teaching?

A client receives a prescription for 1 liter of lactated Ringer's intravenously (IV) to be infused over 12 hours.

The IV administration set delivers 15 gtt/mL. How many gtt/min should the nurse regulate the infusion? (Enter numerical value only.

If rounding is required, round to the nearest whole number.).

Which problem reported by a client taking lovastatin requires the most immediate follow-up by the nurse?

The practical nurse (PN) is assessing an older client with left-sided heart failure (HF). What intervention is most important for the PN to implement?

The nurse is caring for a client who reports sudden right-sided numbness and weakness of the arm and leg.

The nurse also observes a distinct right-sided facial droop.

After reporting the findings to the healthcare provider, the nurse receives several prescriptions for the client, including a STAT Computerized tomography scan of the head.

Which action should the nurse take first?