The healthcare provider prescribes amoxicillin 5 grams PO daily, in equally divided doses to be administered every 8 hours. The medication is available in a bottle labeled, "Amoxicillin suspension 200 mg/5 mL."

How many mL should the nurse administer every 8 hours?

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

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 is reviewing nurses' notes to determine what the client's obstetric history reveals in the form of GTPAL.

Choose the most likely option for the information missing from the statement by selecting from the list of options provided.

Based on the client's obstetrical history, the client's G-T-P-A-L designation is ...

When developing a teaching plan for a client with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus, the nurse should explain that an increased thirst is an early sign of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).

Which action should the nurse instruct the client to implement if this sign of DKA occurs?

The nurse is planning the preoperative teaching plan for a 12-year-old child who is scheduled for surgery. To help reduce this child's anxiety, which action is best for the nurse to implement?

A 2-year-old is brought to the emergency department (ED) with a history of several days of rhinitis and now exhibits a productive barking cough and difficulty breathing.

Which additional finding should alert the nurse that the child is experiencing respiratory distress?

A female client is taking alendronate, a bisphosphonate, for postmenopausal osteoporosis. The client tells the nurse that she is experiencing jaw pain. How should the nurse respond?