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The nurse receives the digoxin level of 1 (one) from the lab at 1300.  The digoxin is scheduled to be administered at 1400.  What is the appropriate nursing intervention?  

A patient has been prescribed a shot of epoetin alfa.  How would the nurse explain the action of this drug?

The nurse, writing a care plan for a client on aminoglycosides, includes what interventions to reduce the accumulation of the drug in the kidney?  

The nurse notes that a patient has been taking ferrous sulfate for the past week.  Which of the following patient symptoms would the nurse associate with ferrous sulfate? 

Order:  cefazolin 500 mg IVPB diluted in 50 mL of D5W in infuse in 15 minutes by electronic infusion device.   What is the flow rate in mL’s per hour?   Answer in numbers only.  Round to the nearest tenth.  

A patient states they have had the following allergy symptoms:  itchy watery eyes and sneezing.  Which of the following prn medications listed on the medication record should the nurse give the client?

What are the most important aspects of medications for the student nurse to learn in this course?:  (Select all that apply by putting the letters to the answers in alphabetical order without spaces or punctuation) a.  chemical structure of a drug b.  molecular reactions of drugs c.  assessments needed to administer drugs d.  adverse drug effects e.  therapeutic drug effects

Which of the following has the greatest effect of medication distribution?  

Order:  digoxin elixir 0.25 mg po daily Supply:  digoxin elixir 50mcg/mL How many mL’s should the nurse administer? Record your answer as a whole number  

What is the preferred administration site for enoxaparin?