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The nurse is preparing an in service for new graduate registered nurses and is reviewing medications given during Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). After reviewing the medications, a new graduate nurse asks why clients are given amiodarone (Cordarone) during ventricular fibrillation. The nurse understands the best explanation to the question is which of the following?  

When reviewing a patient’s history and physical information, the nurse notes that the patient has physician’s orders for chloral hydrate and warfarin. During assessment of this patient, the nurse observes areas of petechiae and ecchymosis on the upper and lower extremities. Which lab work is most appropriate for the nurse to assess next?

A nurse is evaluating the effectiveness of teaching for a client discharged on warfarin (Coumadin). Which of the following statements indicates the need for further teaching?  

Immediately following a delivery, what is highest priority for the nurse to assess on the mother?

An infant at 39 weeks’ gestation was just delivered; included in the protocol for a term infant is an initial blood glucose assessment. The nurse obtains the blood sample and the reading is 58 mg/dL. What is the priority nursing action based upon this reading?

What is the most common cause of breastfeeding jaundice?

The process in which bilirubin is changed from a fat-soluble product to a water-soluble product is known as

A nurse is teaching new parents about their newborn transitional stools. Which should the nurse include in the teaching session with regard to transitional stools?

Immediately after delivery, infants are given which medication to prevent hemorrhagic diseases of the newborn?

How can nurses prevent evaporative heat loss in the newborn immediately following birth?