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A nurse is caring for a child who has increasing manifestations of fever, headache, stiff neck, and rash. Which of the following diagnostic tests should the nurse expect the health care provider to order?

Match the IV complications with their descriptions.

Mrs. Ruiz has hypokalemia. The physician orders potassium 60 mEq in 250 mL of D5W. The facility’s policy states to infuse the potassium at 20 mEq/h. How many milliliters per hour should the IV pump be programmed for? _______ mL/hr

Match the correct term to the identifying photo.

Which insulin should NOT be mixed with any other insulin in the same syringe?

A patient requires 500 mL of Lactated Ringer’s solution over 4 hours. The IV tubing delivers 15 drops per mL. If the infusion begins at 11:45 AM, when should it be done? The nurse knows that the patient will receive ___[BLANK-1]______ gtt/min and the infusion will be completed at ____[BLANK-2]______ (answer in military time) Enter answers only in the blanks.

A client weighs 210 lbs. Heparin IV infusion} Heparin sodium 25,000 units in 1,000 ml of 0.9% normal saline. The order is to give a bolus with heparin sodium 80 units/kg, then initiate drip at 14 units/ kg/hr. (Round weight and infusion to the tenth. Enter only number(s) in the blank.)  Calculate the heparin bolus dosage ____[BLANK-1]________;Calculate the initial infusion dose _____[BLANK-2]________  (Enter the number(s) only in the blank.)

A patient is prescribed 1,000 mL of 0.9% Normal Saline to be infused at 90 mL/hr. How long will the infusion take?

A nurse is preparing to give a heparin bolus dose of 40 units/kg to a patient weighing 90 kg. How many total units will the nurse administer?

A patient with aplastic anemia has an order for 1 unit of packed red blood cells (250 mL) to be infused. The facility’s policy states to infuse the blood over 4 hours. The tubing drop factor is 20 gtt/mL. How many drops per minute should be given? _______ gtt/min