A client receives a prescription for ciprofloxacin 400 mg intravenously (IV) every 12 hours to be infused over an hour. The IV bag contains ciprofloxacin 400 mg in dextrose 5% in water (DW) 200 mL. The nurse should program the infusion pump to deliver how many mL/hr? (Enter numerical value only.)

A client receives a new prescription for levothyroxine. Which statement made by client indicates to the nurse the education was effective?

On admission, the healthcare provider prescribes a broad spectrum antibiotic for a client with a gram-negative infection. Before administering the first dose, it is most Important for the nurse to implement which prescription?

A male client with a history of heart failure (HF) complains of heartburn when he lies down after dinner. The home health nurse should encourage the client to talk to the healthcare provider about using which over-the-counter medication to relieve this problem?

The nurse is providing instructions about a client's new medications. How should the nurse explain the purpose of probenecid, a uricosuric drug?

Which nursing action has the highest priority when administering a dose of codeine with acetaminophen to a client?

A client with pneumonia who has an emergent episode of respiratory distress is intubated and transferred to the intensive care unit. The client's chest x-ray shows consolidation in the left lobe, and physical assessment reveals diminished lung sounds. The nurse administers acetylcysteine as prescribed per nebulization via endotracheal tube. Which therapeutic response of this medication should the nurse expect?

The client is a 54-year-old male with a history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. He takes spironolactone 25 mg per day, metformin 500 mg twice a day, and 25 units of insulin glargine.

The nurse notifies the provider that the client is having trouble remembering to take his second dose of captopril.

Which ACE inhibitors can be given only once per day? Select all that apply

While assessing a client who takes acetaminophen for chronic pain, the nurse observes that the client's skin looks yellow in color. Which action should the nurse take in response to this finding?

A client is receiving intravenous (1V) vancomycin and the nurse plans to draw blood for a peak a. trough to determine the serum level of the drug. Which collection times provide the best determination of these levels?

0730

• Admit to the surgical floor
• Dextrose 59% and 0.9% sodium chloride to infuse at 125 ml/hr
• Advance diet as tolerated
• Insulin glargine 12 units subcutaneous every 12 hours
• Ceftriaxone 2 g IV every 24 hours for 3 days, first dose given in surgery
• Insulin lispro 1 unit subcutaneously per 15 carbohydrates
• Insulin lispro sliding scale:

180-240 mg/dL (10-13.3 mmol/L)- 1 unit

241-300 mg/dl. (13.4-16.7 mmol/L)-2 units

300-360 mg/dL (16.7-30 mmol/L)-3 units

over 360 mg/dL (30 mmol/L)-call the physician

• Glucagon 1 syringe subcutaneously for blood glucose less than 60 mg/dL (3.3 mmol/L) and unresponsiveness

It is 1800, and the client has a schedule dose of insulin glargine due. The client has a regular diet tray ordered with 60 carbohydrates. The tray has not yet arrived in the room.

For each nursing action below, click to specify If the action is indicated, contraindicated or non-essential.