The healthcare provider prescribes ear drops to an adult client with an ear infection.
Which exacting should the nurse follow?

A client receives a prescription for a one-time dose of metronidazole 2 grams by mouth.

The medication is available in 500 mg tablets.

How many tablets should the nurse administer? (Enter numerical value only).

The nurse is preparing to give an emergency sedative injection to an agitated client.
Which action by the nurse is inappropriate?

The nurse is caring for a male client with decreased circulation in the lower extremities. The client washes his feet in the shower but is unable to bend safely to dry the feet.
While drying the client's feet, the nurse should emphasize the need to thoroughly dry which area of the feet?

The nurse is teaching a client how to self-administer subcutaneous heparin injections.
Which instruction should the nurse include?

A postoperative client has been prescribed three different analgesics for different levels of pain.
What is the most important intervention the nurse should take when administering these medications to the client?

While changing the dressing of a client with a leg ulcer, the nurse observes a red, tender, and swollen wound at the site of the lesion.
Before reporting this finding to the healthcare provider, the nurse should note which of the client's laboratory values?

The healthcare provider prescribes penicillin 800,000 units intramuscularly (IM) for a patient with a streptococcal infection.

The vial available is labeled Penicillin 50,000 units/mL.

How many mL should the nurse administer? (Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.).

The nurse observes the skin over a client's greater trochanter, as seen in the picture with pressure sores.
What actions should the nurse implement?

The nurse is caring for a patient one week post-surgery.
Which finding should the nurse expect to see if the surgical incision is healing properly?

Which response by the nurse is most therapeutic?