BASIC CONCEPTS A patient with severe heart failure asks why the prescriber has lowered the dosages of most of the patient’s daily medications. What is your best response?

A patient is prescribed potassium chloride (KCl). What dosage of KCl would the nurse expect to see ordered for this patient?

BASIC CONCEPTS A patient needs one dose of oral potassium for a low serum potassium level (3.4 mEq/dL). Which type of order should the prescriber write?

ADVANCED CONCEPTS A 33-year-old female patient is currently taking captopril (Capoten) and metoprolol (Lopressor) to control her blood pressure. She tells you that she plans to become pregnant. What should you teach the patient about the use of this drug during pregnancy?

BASIC CONCEPTS Morphine and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) are two types of opioid receptor agonists used for pain management. Hydromorphone is a more potent drug than morphine, and lower doses are needed to control pain. How do actions at receptor sites explain this difference?

The prescriber?s drug order reads, ?Tylenol 500 mg, PO, q 4 hours PRN? but the patient has a nasogastric (NG) tube. What is the first step in preparing the drug for administration?

BASIC CONCEPTS Which drug acts directly on the peripheral arteries, causing them to dilate and leading to decreased blood pressure?

BASIC CONCEPTS Morphine and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) are two types of opioid receptor agonists used for pain management. Hydromorphone is a more potent drug than morphine, and lower doses are needed to control pain. How do actions at receptor sites explain this difference?

Given each of the 2 subtyping scenarios below, should the code compile? In other words, would the given subtyping still satisfy a client code that uses the supertype? You should answer “Yes” or “No”, then support your answer (in the context of a client code that uses the supertype).   class A {    public Iterator merge(Iterator itr) throws Exception { … } } class B {    public Iterator merge(Iterator itr)  throws RuntimeException { … } }                                                                 B extends A.   A extends B.  

BASIC CONCEPTS Which drug acts directly on the peripheral arteries, causing them to dilate and leading to decreased blood pressure?