Order: 200 mL normal saline bolus IV over 15 minutes

On hand: 500 mL normal saline bags

What rate will the nurse set the pump to deliver the fluid?

A nurse is preparing to administer ceftriaxone 250 mg IM to an adult client who has a gonococcal infection. The label on the vial indicates to reconstitute each vial with sterile water 2.1 mL to yield ceftriaxone 350 mg/mL. How many mL of the reconstituted medication should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest hundredth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is preparing to administer clindamycin 1,200 mg IV bolus over 1 hr to a client who is allergic to penicillin. Available is clindamycin 1,200 mg in dextrose 5% in water 100 mL. The drop factor on the manual IV tubing is 15 gtt/mL.

The nurse should set the flow rate to deliver how many gtt/min?
(Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is preparing to administer heparin 7,500 units subcutaneous. Available is heparin 10,000 units/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?
(Round the answer to the nearest hundredth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is preparing to administer megestrol 200 mg PO to a client. Available is megestrol oral suspension 40 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?
(Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is preparing to administer methylprednisolone sodium succinate 30 mg/kg via intermittent IV bolus to a client who weighs 169 lb. Available is methylprednisolone sodium succinate 125 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?
(Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A 27 year old female client has a new prescription for captopril. What will the nurse be sure to include in the patient teaching?

What patient education should be given to a client going home with a new prescription for the potassium-sparing diuretic spironolactone?

A child has been prescribed to begin treatment with somatropin for growth deficiency. His mom asks how long he will need to take this medication.

What is the nurse’s best response?

A nurse is preparing to administer cefazolin 250 mg via intermittent IV bolus every 8 hr. Available is cefazolin 500 mg vial. The package insert instructs to add 2 mL of sterile water to yield a concentration of 225 mg/mL and then add to 50 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride.

How many mL of cefazolin should the nurse add to the 50 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride?
(Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is obtaining a medication history from a client who reports taking 1 oz of magnesium hydroxide daily as a laxative. The nurse should identify that this dose equates to how many mL?
(Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)