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In regards to the patient described above in #8 with the insulin sliding scale below. You check the blood sugar before dinner and it shows 410 mg. What will your next step be? 60-150 mg.0 units  151-250 mg.2 units  251-400 mg. 4 units  >  401 mg. call MD 

 Pt has an order to receive furosemide 60 mg IV Push. How fast will you IV push the medication? _______ min  

You are taking care of a patient with a diagnosis of exacerbation of hear failure and has orders for strict intake and output. At 9 am you look at the patient’s breakfast tray and note that he has consumed below 1 cup of coffee 2 ounces of creamer to go in the coffee 1/2 cup of water to take with his meds. You ask him if he has voided today and he directs you to his urinal which has 500 ml of clear yellow urine. Based on this information what will you document in his EMR for intake ? __________ mls Thus far based on the information that is given to you above, what is the net I & O for this patient? ________ mls

Patient is to receive Metoprolol 75 mg PO, what two vital signs will you check prior to giving?        _________________     and __________________ 

Patient is to receive heparin sodium 950 units/hr IV.  You have a standard heparin solution of 25,000 units in 250 ml. D5W. What IV rate will you set on the infusion pump (ml/hr) to deliver the correct dose of heparin? __________ ml/hr

Patient Z is receiving insulin TID with meals and has blood glucose monitoring AC and HS.  The insulin orders are:  If patient consumes more than 50 % of the meal then administer Novolog insulin based on the insulin to carb ratio of  1:7 grams At lunch time patient ate 100% of his diet. See the list of his meal and the carb count for each. Fettuccine pasta = 40 grams Alfredo sauce = 11 grams Garlic toast = 15 grams Green beans = 10 grams Crystal light lemon = 0 Based on his above meal intake how many units of insulin will you administer ?  Round off to a whole number.

hydromorphone (Dilaudid)  0.5 mg IVP is ordered for your patient. Over how long will you administer this drug _______________ minutes? 

Which an explicit “qualifying medical condition” for medical cannabis in Florida?

48. Cuando era niño, Candice salía _______ la escuela a las 7:30 de la mañana.

Which best summarizes the status of advertised versus actual CBD amounts in over-the-counter CBD products?