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When developing and writing a Nursing Care Plan Which of the following words is the Most closely associated with the Scientific Principle when developing and writing the intervention section?

The patient has an order for 2000 units of heparin Subcutaneous q day, the pharmacy supplies heparin 1000 units/mL.The most appropriate Syringe, Needle Gauge and Needle Length, for the nurse to use in administering the heparin dosage by a Subcutaneous Injection to patient is?

The nurse administers an Intramuscular Injection into the Deltoid muscle of an average sized adult patient should be given at angle of ? [BLANK-1]

Did you complete all assigned chapters in the Morris DDC Text Book?

The nurse is knowledgable to the fact that a Subcutaneous Injection administerd to an Average sized patient, should be given at angle of ?  [BLANK-1]

The nurse receives an order to administer lamivudine 0.3 g p.o. bid. If the drug is available as lamivudine 10 mg per mL, how many mL will the nurse administer per dose ? [BLANK-1]

The physician orders hydromorphone (Dilaudid) 2mg to 4 mg IM every 2 hours to 4 hours prn for severe pain. What is the maximum amount of hydromorphone the patient could receive in 24 hours?___________ [BLANK-1]

The physician orders naloxone (Narcan) 0.5 mg IM stat. Naloxone is available as 400 mcg per mL. How many mL will the nurse administer to the patient? Record your answer to the tenth___________ [BLANK-1]

A patient is to receive dabepoeitin alfa (Aranesp) 0.03 mg IVP every morning. When the nurse prepares his morning medications he finds a vial that reads darbepoetin alfa 40 mcg per 1 mL. How many mL will the nurse draw into the syringe to provide the ordered dose?_________ [BLANK-1]

Read each question carefully and please show all work to be graded. Calculate the following dosage using the dimensional analysis method. The entire question must be answered correctly to receive full points; partial points will not be given. Each question must be labeled correctly e.g. tablets, capsules; mL or it is considered wrong. Rounding rules: If giving less than 1 mL round to the nearest hundredth. If giving greater or equal to 1mL, round to the nearest tenth. IVPB are rounded to the whole number IV drip/continuous medications are rounded to the nearest tenth. When converting weight from pounds to kilograms (kg), round to nearest tenth kg. Maintenance and replacement IV fluids and IV additives given on an infusion pump (mL/hr) are rounded to the nearest whole number. For IV fluids given by gravity drip (gtt/min) the drop per minutes rate must be rounded to the nearest whole drop /whole number.