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Completing online graded lab assignments is required.  These count for a grade and attendance.

You are reviewing a prescription for a 65-year-old female patient with multiple myeloma. The patient is prescribed a chemotherapy regimen that includes bortezomib, which is prescribed according to body surface area at a dose of 1.3 mg/m2. The patient weighs 52 kg and is 169 cm tall. Using the below equation, what dose of bortezomib should be prescribed? Give your answer in milligrams and to the nearest whole number.     

You are an independent prescriber running an asthma clinic. You see a 14-year-old patient with an acute exacerbation and decide to prescribe prednisolone 5 mg tablets. The patient weighs 39.2 kg and requires a five-day course at a dose of 1 mg/kg once daily. How many prednisolone 5 mg tablets will be required to provide treatment for the five-day course?

The nurse preforming a hematologic assessment on an older adult client identifies the following findings. Which ones does the nurse associate with age-related changes rather than a specific hematologic problem? Select all that apply

A client with a recently applied plaster leg cast reports unrelieved pain and paresthesia in the affected extremity. The assessment reveals diminished pulse, pallor, and increased pain on passive motion. What should the nurse do first?

A patient with Parkinson’s disease is being treated with He suffers from irregular, involuntary muscle jerks that affect the proximal muscles of the limbs. Which of the following statement about these symptoms is CORRECT?

Improvements in Railroad transportation included all of the following EXCEPT:  

A client in sickle cell crisis is dehydrated and in the emergency department. The nurse plans to start an IV. Which fluid choice is best?

The Homestead Act of 1862 took effect on January 1, 1863, the same day as: