An client who weighs 160 pounds receives a prescription for gentamicin 5 mg/kg/day intravenously in divided doses every 8 hours. How many mg should the nurse administer with each dose?

(Enter numerical value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest whole number.)

A mother calls the nurse to report that at 0900 she administered an oral dose of digoxin to her 4-month-old infant, but at 0920 the baby vomited the medicine.

Which instruction should the nurse provide to this mother?

A client with multiple sclerosis (MS) is receiving interferon beta-1b 0.1875 mg subcutaneously every other day. The nurse reconstitutes the vial by slowly injecting 2 mL of diluent into the interferon vial for a reconstituted solution of 0.25 mg/1 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?

(Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest hundredth.)

The nurse on the medical-surgical unit is receiving a transfer report from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) nurse for a client who had an exploratory laparotomy. The PACU nurse provides the following information: "1,000 mL 0.9% sodium chloride is infusing at 125 mL/hr into the left wrist with 600 mL remaining.

Ondansetron 4 mg IV every 8 hours is prescribed for nausea. The last dose was administered at 0700. The client is currently describing pain at a level 2 on a 0 to 10 pain scale. The client has a prescription for hydromorphone 1 mg IV every 2 hours PRN for pain. The last dose was administered at 1000."

Which additional information should the PACU nurse report?

Patient Data

The nurse uses the Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCIS) and determines that the daughter is under significant stress caused by the assumption of her mother's care. The nurse is planning to have a discussion with the daughter on decreasing the stress she is experiencing as a caregiver.

Select the 2 statements that the nurse should include when discussing caregiver stress with the client's daughter.

Patient Data

The nurse is reviewing nurses' notes to determine if there are any variations. Click to highlight the findings that would indicate the client has developed a complication related to pregnancy.

The client is a 32-year-old multigravida at 28 weeks' gestation, who presents to the obstetrician's office for a routine prenatal visit. Obstetrical history reveals she has given birth three times; once at 35 weeks (twins), once at 38 weeks (singleton) and once at 41 weeks (singleton). All of these children are alive and well. She had one spontaneous abortion at 10 weeks' gestation. Her fourth child weighed 9 pounds (4.08

Kg) at 41 weeks gestation.

Client is at 28 weeks. She has been receiving prenatal care since 8 weeks' gestation. Her fasting 1-hour glucose screening level, which was done 1 week prior, is 164 mg/dL (9.1 mmol/L). Her 3-hour oral glucose tolerance test results reveal a fasting blood sugar of 168 (9.3 mmol/L) and a two-hour postprandial of 220 mg/dL (12.2 mmol/L).

A client tells the nurse about beginning an exercise program a month ago to lose weight and improve sleep. The client states, "It still takes at least two hours to fall asleep at night." Which action should the nurse implement?