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Cutter Enterprises purchased equipment for $72,000 on January 1, 2021. The equipment is expected to have a five-year life and a residual value of $6,000.Using the straight-line method, depreciation for 2021 would be:

Below is the formula for a psoriasis ointment. How many milliliters of coal tar solution would be needed to prepare 120 grams of the ointment?  (The specific gravity of coal tar solution is 1.35 and all parts are by weight)                         Coal tar solution ……..….. 2 parts                         Zinc oxide …………………. 10 parts                         Hydrophilic ointment … 50 parts

Below are the reconstitution guidelines for a 5 gram vial of an antibiotic:     “Adding 8.8 mL of diluent to the vial provides a solution concentration of 500 mg/mL” How many milliliters of diluent would need to be added to the vial to instead achieve a concentration of 200 mg/mL?

Below is a formula for “GI cocktail”. How many milligrams of lidocaine would 1 tablespoonful of the compounded product contain?                         Viscous lidocaine 2% w/v  …….. 2 parts                         Maalox …………….……………………. 7 parts

How many grams of boric acid should be used to make the below solution isotonic? (E values:  Homatropine HBr = 0.17, Boric acid = 0.52, Sodium chloride = 1)   

The nurse is caring for a patient with elevated intracranial pressure (ICP).  Which of the following interventions decreases the patient’s ICP? (Select all that apply)  

A patient with a hemorrhagic stroke as the following neurological assessment. No eye opening response, no verbal response, and no motor response. What is the patient’s Glasgow Coma Scale?           

A patient is awaiting dialysis. When assessing an arteriovenous (AV) shunt the nurse discovers there is no thrill felt on palpation. What is the priority?   

Physician’s order: Dilantin 1 gram IVP. How many vials will the nurse need to use to drawn up Dilantin 1 gram? __________________vial(s)  

A patient’s Glasgow Coma scale, in response to receiving a painful stimuli, reveals abnormal flexion of the arms, elbows, and wrists with adduction of the arms. This indicates which of the following abnormal motor function?