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The nurse’s approach, when introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who seems afraid, should be based on which of the following principles?

The nurse is to administer 18 mg of a medication. Available is 25 mg per 1ml. How many ml will the nurse administer?. If necessary, round to the nearest 100ths..   ____________ ml  

A nurse is teaching a client who wishes to stop smoking cigarettes. Which of the following teaching methods uses the affective domain of learning? 

A nurse is writing a teaching plan using the Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timed outcome (SMART) goals for a client who is learning to walk with crutches. Select the timed components of the SMART outcome goals.  Select all that apply. 

Due to their developmental level, the nurse should do which of the following when communicating with young children?

The nurse has received a phone call from a multigravida at 21 weeks gestation that has not felt fetal movement yet. The best action for the nurse to take would be to:

An IV of 1 Liter 0.9% NS is infusing at 125 ml/hr via standard IV set with a drop factor of 10 gtts/mL. If the IV was started at 1140, what time would the infusion be finished?   _________ (specific time)

The nurse is meeting a 5-year-old child for the first time and would like the child to cooperate during a dressing change. The nurse decides to do a simple magic trick by using gauze. This should be interpreted as which of the following?

Order: Administer Methicilin 1.7 grams IM q12h. Available: 1 vial containing 5 grams Methicilin powder to be diluted with 6.8 mL of sterile water. After preparing the medication mixture, each mL of the new mixture will contain 650mg Methicilin. How many mL will the nurse administer for each IM dose? If necessary, round to the nearest tenths place. ________mL/dose

A nurse manager hears a staff  nurse on the unit openly speak about her dislike of a recent policy change regarding client care. When discussing the issue with the nurse, which of the following statements by the nurse manager is appropriate?