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What do you do if you have a critical low or critical high blood glucose result?

Order: Infuse 1000 ml NS over 4 hours.  What is the rate for the infusion in milliliters per hour (ml/hr)?

What is the nursing management for a hyperglycemic event?

Order:  Levothyroxine (Synthroid®) 0.15 mg by mouth every morning.  The tablets are scored.  How many tablets will you administer?

Which of the following is not a class of herbicide? 

What are the indications for insertion of a central line?

What are the steps to drawing a blood culture?

15 gtts/ml Order: Infuse 1000 ml NS over 4 hours.  The nurse retrieves the IV set below from the supply closet and  establishes the infusion as ordered.  What is the rate for the infusion (gravity infusion, NO pump) using the IV set noted below?    (gtt/min)

How do you assess for patency in a central line?

Which of the following are toxic effects of glyphosate exposure or ingestion?