A nurse is preparing to administer piperacillin 3.375 g by intermittent IV bolus every 6 hr.

Available in piperacillin 3.375 g in dextrose 5% in water (DsW) 100 mL to infuse over 30 min.

The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr?

A community health nurse is reviewing home care instructions with an older adult client who has a new diagnosis of heart failure.

Which of the following is the priority topic for the nurse to review with the client?

A nurse is planning the discharge of a client who had an ischemic stroke.

The nurse should ensure that the client is discharged with which of the following types of pharmacologic therapy?

A nurse is caring for a client who has bladder cancer and a WBC count of 900/mm.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is administering furosemide 80 mg PO twice daily to a client who has pulmonary edema.

Which of the following assessment findings indicates to the nurse that the medication is effective?

A nurse is assessing a client who is preoperative and reports an allergy to bananas.

The nurse should recognize that the client is at risk for an allergic cross-reactivity to which of the following substances?

A nurse is teaching a client about the use of an incentive spirometer.

Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse suspects that a client who has diabetes mellitus is experiencing hypoglycemia.

Which of the following assessment findings supports this suspicion?

A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing a hypertensive crisis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client who is scheduled for an abdominal paracentesis.

The nurse should plan to take which of the following actions?

A nurse in the PACU is caring for a client.

Which of the following assessments is the nurse's priority?