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Q34. What is the appropriate level of fluid in the drip chamber when preparing to hang an IV solution?

Q46. Before the nurse withdraws up insulin N into the syringe, what must be done?

Q33. When adjusting an IV flow rate manually, what is best practice for counting the drops?   

Q7. An initial dose of a drug is ordered at 25 mg/hr. The available solution strength is 125 mg/100mL. Calculate the flow rate in mL/hr. (Round to the nearest whole number.)

                 Q45. How many units of insulin are in the syringe above?

Q18. An IV infusion of 1000 mL containing 40,000 units heparin is running at 25 mL/hr. Calculate the units/hr of heparin infusing. (Round the answer to the nearest whole number.)

Q40. The patient has a 20 gauge IV catheter in the lower forearm near the wrist with continuous fluid infusion running. The nurse will recognize this as what kind of IV?

Q32. A nursing student is learning about intramuscular injections. What will the student learn is the maximum volume of medication that can be administered by this route in a single injection for an adult? 

Q17. According to the label, what must be done prior to administering this medication?

Q42. A patient’s IV fluids have been discontinued but the IV catheter will be left in place to enable continuation of intermittent IV medications.  What is the common term used for this type of IV access?