Blog

Ordered: docusate sodium 200 mg daily per nasogastric tube. Available: docusate sodium 50 mg/5 mL How many mL of docusate sodium will the nurse administer. Enter whole number only. 

A 30-year-old presents with hypertension, headache, tachycardia, impaired glucose tolerance, and weight loss. Which of the following diagnoses is supported by this symptomology?

A 40-year-old female presents for evaluation of a pruritic, circumscribed, raised rash of the superficial dermis that appears and disappears in various body areas for the past 3 hours. The nurse recognizes the most likely cause of this rash is:

A 16-year-old boy who is taking somatropin comes into the office because he had an asthma attack during a race at school. Because of this new development, the nurse expects which intervention to occur next?

Ordered: docusate sodium, 120 mg/day in divided doses. How many mg will be given per dose? Enter whole number only.

The nurse administering the phosphodiesterase inhibitor milrinone recognizes that this drug will have a positive inotropic effect. Which result reflects this effect?

Order: Simvastatin 30 mg po daily at bedtime. Available: Simvastatin 20 mg scored tablets. How many tablets will the nurse administer with each dose? Enter to one decimal point (tenth)

A patient will be taking a 2-week course of combination therapy with omeprazole and another drug for a peptic ulcer caused by Helicobacter pylori. The nurse expects a drug from which class to be ordered with the omeprazole?

Order: Enalapril 5 mg IV over 5 minutes every 6 hours.  Available: Enalapril 1.25 mg/mL. How many mL will the nurse administer? Enter whole number only.

The order reads Digoxin 0.25 mg. How many mcg is 0.25 mg?