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Empiric Therapy is the practice of initiating antibiotic therapy only after a causative organism is positively identified.

Ordered 735 mL D5W IV to infuse in 19.2 hr by infusion pump. What is the IV flow rate in mL/hr? * Round to the nearest tenth’s place

The patient is ordered daily divided doses of gentamycin. The patient received an intravenous dose of gentamicin at 4:00 pm. When should the nurse obtain the peak level?

What is the classification for this unbalanced reaction? Fe + HCl → FeCl3 + H2 

The following reaction takes place when an electric current is passed through water. It is an example of a ________ reaction. 2H2O → 2H2 + O2

How many molecules of water, H2O, are present in 75.0 g of H2O?

In the following reaction, when the equation is correctly balanced, what is the correct coefficient for aluminum chloride? Al(s) + Cl2(g) → AlCl3(s)

You measured your patient’s (L) hip flexion ROM from a starting position of 5 degrees hyperextension.  The patient then flexed to one-hundred degrees of motion without help and up to one-hundred and twenty degrees with help.  Complete the documentation of these results in standard format for a SOAP note by filling in the blank:  Goni (L) hip flexion A/PROM = _______________________ in supine.

Match the following Goniometer parts with the corresponding information:

You have completed a goniometric assessment of hip extension ROM on a patient.  The patient was able to actively extend only 7 degrees.  The limitation in motion may be due to muscular tightness/stretching of which of the following: