Mrs. H is a pleasant 70yoa female who has had progressive SOB over the past few years. She currently struggles to walk more than 2 city blocks at a time and does not get out of the house often.  The patient has a modest cough and brings up about 1 tsp of creamy sputum each morning. She is a current smoker and has smoked 2 packs of cigarettes per day since she was 20.  Today is her first day in your pulmonary rehab program.   While reviewing Mrs. H’s medical chart prior to meeting her, you come across recent ABG results as shown below. Is compensation present?   pH: 7.39 PaCO2: 48 PaO2: 61 HCO3-:28 SpO2: 91%

The nurse prepares to give Dilantin 90mg from a bottle labeled Dilantin 30mg/5ml.  The nurse gives _______ml.

A client with elevated BUN and creatinine has been prescribed digoxin for heart failure. What aspect of care is the priority regarding this client?

A client with angina is prescribed metoprolol. Following absorption of the drug, the nurse should monitor the client for what desired effect?

The nurse is educating a client with angina about the use of nitroglycerin (NTG) sublingual (SL). Which statement by the patient indicates the need for further teaching?

ATI Unit 4 Meds Affecting CV and Unit 5 Meds Affecting the Hematologic SystemInstructionsRead each question carefully. There is only one correct answer, unless the stem of the question includes directions that state otherwise. There are 64 items on the exam in which you have 90 minutes to complete the exam. There is no backtracking to complete a skipped question or to change an answer. Grades will be posted on Blackboard within one week of the exam. 

A client, being treated in the hospital for a femoral fracture, is scheduled to receive a daily dose of metoprolol that was prescribed 3 years ago. Prior to administering this drug, the nurse should assess and document which client data? Select all that apply.

Upon beginning administration of IV heparin, the nurse should anticipate monitoring which of the following lab values every 6 hours until the therapeutic range of 1.5 to 2 times the baseline is achieved?

Which of the following clients is a contraindication for clopidogrel therapy?

Which client should the endocrinology nurse assess first after receiving shift report?