The medication order is to give 0.5 mg of a drug sublingually. The nurse demonstrates proper administration of the drug when the drug is:

The patient is to take 10 mEq of potassium gluconate PO daily. The medication bottle is labeled 20 mEq per 15 mL. The patient's wife asks the home health nurse how many teaspoons of potassium gluconate she should give her husband. The nurse sets up the following proportion:

20 mEq: 15 mL:: 10 mEq: x mL

The nurse solves for x mL, then converts the answer to tsp using a conversion chart. The nurse instructs the patient's wife to administer _______ to her husband daily.

The instructions on the medication bottle state for the patient to take 10 mL of Vibramycin oral suspension twice a day. The nurse informs the patient that _____ is equivalent to 10 mL.

The nurse prepares to give 5 mg of a medication, but the vial label reads "10 mg/mL." How many mL should the nurse administer?

A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide 20 mg PO in 0.5 oz of apple juice. How many mL of apple juice will 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 acetaminophen 650 mg PO every 6 hr PRN for pain. The client last received the medication at 2 p.m. Which of the following times is the earliest the nurse can administer the next dose?

The patient has an order for 15,000 units of heparin SUBQ now. Nurse A has prepared the dose of 15,000 units of heparin. Following standard practice, Nurse A shows the multidose vial of heparin (40,000 units per mL) and the syringe with the drawn dose to Nurse B. Nurse B sets up the following proportion:

40,000 units: 1 mL:: 15,000 units: x mL

What volume of heparin would Nurse B expect to see in the syringe?

The nurse is preparing to record the patient's weight (80 lb) in kilogram (kg). Which of the following equivalent measurements would the nurse use to convert pounds to kilograms?

The patient is to take 1,500 mg PO daily of Medication Q. The pharmacy dispenses a bottle of Medication Q labeled "750 mg tablets." The nurse sets up the following proportion:

The order is for amoxicillin oral suspension 3 tsp every 12 hours. To help the patient take the medication using a medicine cup with household measurements, the nurse tells the patient that will provide the ordered dose.

A patient's medication dose was changed from 0.06 mg to a new dose of 0.054 mg. In reviewing the change in dose, the nurse is correct to inform the patient that: