The nurse reads the following on the heparin drug label:

HEPARIN

20,000

USP units per mL

1-mL Multi-Dose Vial

The nurse correctly determines:

The nurse reads the following on the heparin drug label:

HEPARIN

20,000

USP units per mL

1-mL Multi-Dose Vial

The nurse correctly determines:

The birth weight of a premature infant is 900 gram. The nurse accurately recorded ______kg as the birth weight in the medical record.

The patient weighs 95 kg. How many Ib does the patient weigh?

The patient has a wound that measures 74 millimeters. The nurse documents that the wound is_ centimeters.

The nurse reads the following drug label:

Cyanocobalamin

Injection, USP

1,000 mcg per mL

For IM or SUBQ Use Only

1 mL Multi-Dose Vial

Contains a preservative.

Protect from light.

The nurse demonstrates safe practice when the routes of administration are identified as:

The nurse is preparing 0900 medications for Patients A, B, C, and D.

Patient A: Order: vemurafenib 0.96 g PO daily; Available: 240 mg tablets

Patient B: Order: colchicine 1.2 mg PO today; Available: 0.6 mg tablets

Patient C: Order: citalopram 20 mg PO daily; Available: 10 mg/5 mL

Patient D: Order: ceftazidime 1 g IV every 12 hr; Available: 1 g/50 mL

Which of the following orders will require the nurse to do a conversion before administering the ordered 0900 medication?

The nurse is reading the following drug label. Which action indicates appropriate understanding in the administration of this drug?

GlipiZIDE

Extended-Release

Tablets

2.5 mg

30 Tablets

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:

The nurse is developing a household equivalent measurement conversion chart for the patient. The nurse accurately completes the following chart:

Equivalent Measurement

5 mL = 1 teaspoon

15 mL = 3 teaspoon

15 mL =? tablespoon

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.