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On your own paper, all the following questions must be written out.  Work must be shown. Write the question number, question, show work, and please circle the answer. If you have nothing written down on your own paper, you will get no credit. TYPE THE FINAL ANSWER IN THE BOX THAT MATCHES YOUR CIRCLED ANSWER ON YOUR PAPER. All answers must be written in reduced form.

Solve the polynomial equation by factoring and then using the zero product principle. Write question, work, and answer on your paper.  TYPE ANSWER IN BOX. No work, no credit.     x3 – 9×2 + x = 9

Which finding in a patient prescribed IV Vancomycin to treat acute osteomyelitis would have the nurse concerned about possible nephrotoxicity? 

When reviewing the chart of a female patient, which of the following findings would be risk factors for Metabolic Syndrome?   (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

                The patient with a diagnosis of Stage 2 Hypertension has been prescribed Metoprolol.  The nurse should question this medication order when seeing which of the following conditions noted in the patient’s chart? 

A 77 year old patient hospitalized with chronic osteomyelitis is ordered for 20 mg/kg IV Vancomycin q8. The patients fourth dose of Vancomycin is due at 2000. When should the nurse draw the trough level? 

A nurse is teaching a group of older clients about stroke risk factors. Which of the following modifiable risk factors should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has osteoporosis and a new prescription for alendronate (Fosamax). Which of the following adverse effects should the nurse instruct the client to report to the provider immediately? 

A patient who is status post partial gastrectomy is being monitored in the PACU.  The nasogastric tube has put out 150 mL of bloody drainage over the past hour.  The patient’s vital signs for the past hour have been blood pressure 112/82, 108/76, 98/64 and pulse 76, 82, 92.  What  should the nurse do first? 

A nurse in an intensive care unit is caring for a client who had an acute myocardial infarction (MI) and had cardiac biomarkers drawn. The nurse knows that the results of the cardiac biomarkers studies help determine which of the following?