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A nurse is taking a client’s health history and notices that he has been taking omeprazole consistently over the past 6 months for the treatment of epigastric pain. Which recommendation would be the best for the nurse to give this client?

An IV is infusing at 62.5mL/hr.  The 500mL bag was hung at 1000 and 125mL remain.  What time will this infusion be completed? (express in military time)

Identify the following highlighted structure.  Be specific.  

A client is being discharged home on hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) for the treatment of hypertension. Which of the following statements by the patient indicates they understood the discharge teaching about this medication?

Identify the structure. (Be specific)  

A large volume of distribution generally indicates that the drug remains in the blood. 

The client is beginning to take a new prescription for nitrofurantoin. The client would most likely anticipate which side effect?

A nurse needs to initiate a peripheral IV on a 97 year old woman with tiny, fragile veins.  Which of the following access devices would be the best choice?

A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is assessing a client’s peripheral IV site.  According to standard practice, how often should a nurse remove a client’s peripheral short catheter?

A patient is started on IV therapy.  A sign that he is receiving too much or too rapid IV fluid, when compared with previous data, would be: