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A primary health care provider has prescribed phenytoin parenterally for a patient experiencing seizures. The nurse prepares to administer this drug via which route?

The patient returns to the unit following surgery and reports being in pain. After checking the medication administration record in the patient’s chart, the nurse sees that the patient has not received the morphine the health care provider has ordered for over an hour. As the order reads q 1-2 hours, the nurse administers the low dose of the morphine. The PACU nurse calls to tell the floor nurse that the nurse forgot to chart the last dose of morphine the patient had received just before the patient was transferred to the floor. What drug would the floor nurse be sure to have on the unit that is used to reverse the effects of opioids?

Which laboratory value would prevent a patient from being prescribed duloxetine, an SSRI, for depression?

Giving the following situation, a bottling factory for PepsiCo wants to know if they are filling their 1-liter bottles with the correct amount of Pepsi.  They will take samples of filled bottles from the filling process and measure how much soft drink is in each bottle. Which quality control method of those listed below would be the most appropriate to answer their question. 

A patient is receiving morphine orally every 4 hours in the home setting. Which assessment is most important to emphasize when teaching the family about this medication?

The nurse is caring for a patient who has been hospitalized with depression, and the health care provider has elected to treat the patient with a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA). The nurse understands that what laboratory and diagnostic tests will be routinely ordered by the provider?

A patient newly diagnosed with a seizure disorder has been prescribed valproic acid. When assessing for adverse effects, what assessment should the nurse prioritize?

If ROP is equal to 79 rolls, what is the probabiliity of stock-out?

A patient’s depression has not responded to conservative treatments, and the provider has prescribed phenelzine. The patient’s comorbidities include rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes. What assessment should the nurse prioritize?

A certain company reorders envelopes when its stock drops to 12 boxes, although demand for envelopes during lead time is normally distributed with a mean of 10 boxes and a standard deviation of 3 boxes.  Which of the following is close to the service level when ROP is equal to12?