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A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving heparin 3,800 units subcutaneous daily. Available is heparin 5,000 units/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is preparing to administer clindamycin palmitate 225 mg Po every 8 hr to a client. The amount available is clindamycin palmitate oral suspension 75 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A registered nurse enters a client’s room and observes the nursing assistant pushing a client down on the bed. The client starts crying and informs the nursing assistant that they need to go to the bathroom. The nursing assistant holds the client down and states “you were just in the restroom.” The nurse observing this incident is aware that the nursing assistant’s actions are displaying what behavior?

A client with an inflamed appendix is feeling pain in the stomach area.  What is the term for this response to stress?

A nurse is preparing to administer tircarcillin/clavulanate 3.1 g by intermittent IV bolus over 30 min. Available is tircarcillin/clavulanate 3.1 g in 50 mL 0.9% sodium chloride (NSS). The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is preparing to administer 0.45% sodium chloride (NaCl) 1000 mL IV to infuse over 8 hr. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is caring for a client in the emergency department who had a traumatic amputation of his left arm in an industrial accident. The nurse should expect the client to be experiencing which of the following of Kubler-Ross’s stages of grief?

While performing the morning assessment the nurse identifies that the elderly client is confused. Which items are most likely the possible causes of confusion?  Select all that apply.

An 84-year-old is admitted to a medical floor for severe malnutrition and dehydration.  The client’s wife, who has been the sole dependent care agent, appears tired, frail and angry when visiting.  The wife remarks, “Let’s see what you can do with him.”  What is the most therapeutic response for the nurse regarding this situation?

A nurse is preparing to administer dextrose 5% in water (D5W) 150 mL IV to infuse over 3 hrs. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 10 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/mL? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)