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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?

A patient is receiving rtPA (Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator) for their ischemic stroke. The patient’s weight is 132 lbs. How many milligrams of TPA will the patient receive during the 60-minute infusion? __________________ mg. (Round to nearest tenth). 

A patient in liver failure has an order for Lactulose 30 gms po q 6h. What lab test would the nurse review in the chart to find out if the medication is working?