medication order is written for 100 mL of NS to be given to a patient. If the nurse uses an administration set that provides 16 drops/mL, how many drops will the patient receive by the end of the infusion

A nurse is preparing to connect the tubing of an intermittent infusion bag (an antibiotic) to a patient's primary IV line.  What should the nurse do first? Select one: a. flush the line using a pulsating method, using force. b. hang the piggyback infusion below the main IV bag. c. wipe the needleless connector port for 15 seconds with an alcohol swap d. flush the IV with heparin to prevent clotting.

The healthcare provider orders erythromycin 20 mg/kg/day every 8 hours in equally divided dose.The child weighs 44 pounds. How many rilligrams per dose should the nurse administer?

Anurse is planning to administer methadone hydrochloride (Dolephine ) 25 mg PO every 3 hour . Available is 10mg/5m .How many ml should the nurse administer per dose?

The physician has written an order for meperidine 60 mg and atropine gr 1/150, IM. The meperidine on hand is 100 mg/ml and atropine is 0.4 mg/mL. The two are compatible so you plan to draw up both in the same syringe.  How many mL’s of atropine will you administer? When drawing up the above medication, meperidine and atropine, for administration, what is the combined amount of medications ( mLs) to be drawn up in the syringe?

The nurse is concerned that there have been significant variations in the documented blood pressure of a number of patients. The nurse feels it is appropriate to review the blood pressure monitoring techniques used by the new staff member who was responsible for taking the blood pressures.How can the nurse best evaluate the nurse’s monitoring technique?

Mrs. Jeffries arrives at the cardiology outpatient clinic in a major research hospital. She is moving out of state and demands to take her patient chart with her. The waiting room receptionist is unsure what to do; she receives the following pieces of advice. Which one is correct? O "You can make a copy of it, but ultimately, the chart is the property of the patient. You can be subject to liability if you don't turn it over to her within 24 hours." O "The chart belongs to the physician Mrs. Jeffries saw in this clinic. You'll need his permission to give her a copy, particularly if the data in her chart were included in a research study." O "See whether or not she has insurance. Patient charts belong to whoever is the primary insurance provider. They only belong to the patient if the patient is the primary source of payments." "The patient chart is always a legal medical record, so it belongs to the hospital itself." None of the above.

Order: Lanoxin 4 mg   Available: Lanoxin 400mcg/2 mL   How many mLs does the nurse administer?

The provider ordered clindamycin oral suspension 800 mg PO twice daily. Available is clindamycin oral suspension 100 mg/2 mL. How many mL will the nurse administer per dose? (Record answer as a whole number. Do not use a trailing zero.)

What steps are required before releasing patient information.