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Instructions: Flow rates should be rounded to the whole number. Units must be included. Order: 1000 mL D5 LR in 8 hours.  What is the flow rate?

The loading dose of digoxin is 0.25 mg IV push q6h for 4 doses. The label on the ampule reads 0.5 mg/mL. How many mL will be administered per dose?

Instructions: Round the answer to the nearest whole number.  A nurse is preparing to administer potassium chloride 40 mEq to infuse over 4 hours to a client. Available is potassium chloride in 100 mL dextrose 5% in 0.45% sodium chloride. The nurse should set the infusion pump to deliver how many mL/hr? 

Instructions: Round the answer to the nearest tenth.  A nurse is preparing to administer heparin 15 units/kg/hr by continuous IV infusion for a client who weight 51 kg. Available is 25,000 units of heparin in 500 mL 0.9% sodium chloride. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr? 

Which reflects the current semester at Northeast Alabama Community College?

What is not a type of relationship the textbook discusses?

What should you do when online dating?

What is a characteristic of codependency?

The nurse is reviewing the different psychiatric care settings.  Which of the following statements correctly matches the type of psychiatric care setting with its primary role or characteristic?  

A 36-year-old male recently admitted to a psychiatric unit. The nurse taking his history observes that his speech is slurred, and he states that he cannot remember where he has been for the past 12 hours, but the police who brought him in stated that he was arrested for driving the wrong way on a one-way street. Which of the following items on the mental status exam would the nurse NOT mark “impaired”?