Exhibits

The physician orders Lanoxin elixir 90 mcg PO every morning.

Drug available: Lanoxin elixir 0.05 mg/mL

How many mL will be given?

Upon responding to the client's call bell, the nurse discovers the client's abdominal wound has been eviscerated. Initial nursing management includes calling the healthcare provider and which other initial action?

The physician orders penicillin G 1,000,000 units IM. The label on the vial of powdered penicillin G reads to reconstitute with 1.6 mL of sterile water to achieve a concentration of 5,000,000 units/mL.

How many mL will the nurse give to the client for the ordered dose?

The nurse is assisting with the insertion of a nasogastric tube into a client. The nurse should place the client in which position for insertion?

While caring for a female patient with advanced multiple sclerosis, the nurse is discussing the difference between hospice and palliative care. Which statement by the patient indicates understanding of the difference between hospice care and palliative care?

The nurse is preparing to assess a client's oral temperature. The nurse should plan to place the thermometer probe in which area of the client's mouth?

Which technique should the nurse use to assess the pupillary reaction on a client?

A graduate nurse enters a client's room and finds the client unresponsive, not breathing, and without a carotid pulse. The graduate nurse is aware that the client has mentioned that he does not wish to be resuscitated, but there is no DNR order on the client's chart. What is the nurse's best action?

A patient develops food poisoning from contaminated food. The contaminated food would be an example of which part of the infectious cycle?

The nurse is assisting a client who has a fractured left hip to turn in bed. The client has been laying in the supine position for 2 hours. How should the nurse reposition the client?

A nurse is managing a patient's fluids and outputs over a shift. Here are the details:

• 0700: The nurse starts an IV of 0.45% Normal saline infusing at 100 mL/hr.
• 0900: The patient has coffee-ground emesis (vomit) measuring 300 mL.
• 1000: The nurse stops the IV of 0.45% Normal saline to administer an IV antibiotic. The antibiotic administered is Kefzol 1 g in 25 mL of D5W over 30 minutes.
• 1030: The antibiotic infusion stops, and the nurse resumes the IV fluid of 0.45% Normal saline at 100 mL/hr.
• 1100: The physician orders the insertion of an NG tube and intermittent suction. The nurse inserts the NG tube and connects it to intermittent suction.
• 1530: The patient voids another 350 mL and 200 mL. The nurse checks the NG tube canister and records the output for the shift as 300 mL.

Calculate the patient's total intake from 0700 to 1530.