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Order: 1000 mg Vancomycin IV to infuse over 1 hour. Medication label reads: Med calc 4 label 1.jpg At what rate will the nurse set the pump? [BLANK-1]

You are the nurse supervising a nursing student when hanging Magnesium replacement for a patient with chronic alcohol use. Order: 4 grams Magnesium in 50 mL to be given over 120 minutes. med calc 4 label 2.jpg The student nurse has set the pump to infuse at 100 mL/hour. Do you intervene? [BLANK-1] Why or why not? Provide your rationale here [BLANK-2]

You are receiving a patient transfer from an outlying facility. On arrival, you note the patient is receiving Dopamine at 10 mL/hour. Hanging is Dopamine 400 mg in 250 mL. The patient weight is 60 kg. How many mcg/kg/min is the patient receiving? [BLANK-1]

After angiotensin II has been converted from angiotensin I to correct for the disruption in blood pressure, water is reabsorbed by the collecting duct because of which of the following being released by the pituitary gland?

What would be the first, second, third, and fourth choices of units for a transfusion to a A-positive patient?

A 44-year-old female has persistent and painful swelling in her left knee several days after arthroscopic repair of a torn ligament. A fasting blood sample is drawn. Arthrocentesis is performed, and the samples are sent to the laboratory for analysis. After reviewing the following results, how should this fluid be classified and what is the most likely diagnosis?     Blood Chemistry   Results     Glucose, fasting:   79 mg/dL     Uric acid:   6.2 mg/dL     Synovial Fluid      Color   Yellow     Clarity   Cloudy     Viscosity   Decreased     WBC Count   97,000 cells/uL     WBC Differential:     1% Lymphocytes   8% Monocytes   91% Neutrophils     Crystals   None Seen     Gram Stain   Gram-positive cocci present; many leukocytes present     Glucose   35 mg/dL     Uric Acid   5.9 mg/dL     Total Protein   5.3 g/dL     Lactate   35 mg/dL

Therapeutic plasmapheresis is performed to:

A 37-year-old male presents to the emergency department complaining of headache, fever, and neck stiffness. The physician performs a lumbar puncture and sends the sample to the lab for analysis. Below are the chemistry and microscopic results. Based on these results, what would you expect to see in the gram stain and what would the diagnosis be?   Test   Result     Clarity   Slightly Cloudy     WBC Count   767 WBCs/?L     WBC Differential   5% Neutrophils 83% Lymphocytes 12% Monocytes/Macrophages     Glucose   61 mg/dL     Protein   171 mg/dL

A vaginal culture from a 25-year-old pregnant patient produced colonies on BAP and CHOC agar, but there was no growth on MAC agar. The colonies are described as medium size with small, diffuse zones of β-hemolysis. This type of hemolysis is noticed when a colony is removed with a loop. Which of the following is the suspected identification of this organism?

Which of the following antigens give enhanced reactions with their corresponding antibody following treatment of the red cells with proteolytic enzymes (like Ficin)?