Blog

Important teaching for a client just begun on Lithium is

A nurse notes that a drug is listed as having teratogenic effects.  What might these effects result in?

Order:  furosemide 1 mg/kg IV Supply:  furosemide 40mg/4mL Client weighs 45 pounds How many mL’s will the nurse administer?  Record your answer as a whole number  

People with joint or sport injuries often have associated muscle spasms with the affected  joint.  What medication in the patient’s orders would be most effective in relieving these muscle spasms?

Overuse of anti-infective agents is known to contribute to the onset of superinfections in the body.  What is a causative agent of a superinfection?  

A nurse is making a home health visit to a patient with breathing disorder. The nurse notes the following medications at the patient’s bedside:  Advair diskus, salmeterol MDI, HCTZ, warfarin, and albuterol MDI.  What concerns would the nurse have? 

Prior to the administration of vancomycin which of the following lab results would be a priority assessment for the nurse?  

What is a social benefit of adopting the sick role? A person in the sick role is:

Morbidity means ; mortality means          .

Sociologists call the intellectual/knowledge framework under which scientists operate a __________.