_______________________ is when all results of a test meet pre-established criteria/parameters and can be automatically filed into the EMR without review.

Specimens collected ____________ an IV site have a high chance of contamination with fluid.

A Metabolic Panel was drawn on a patient at 0915, if sent to the lab uncentrifuged, what time does the sample need to be received in the lab by?   

What phase of the total testing process involves reporting laboratory results to the patient’s care provider? 

Order: fluconazole 200 mg po daily for a client with esophageal candidiasis. Read the label and determine the number of milliliters you will administer. ______ mL (Enter the number only.)

Order: ampicillin 400 mg IM every 6 hours. Read the label. How many milliliters will you administer? Round to the nearest tenth place. _________mL

A drug is ordered 6mg/kg po twice a day. How many tablets will a client receive per dose if he weighs 148 lbs and the strength of the tablet is 200 mg/tab? _____ tabs (Enter a whole number only.)

A female client with coronary artery disease asks the nurse what “bad cholesterol ” is and what the corresponding lab values are. What is the nurse’s best response?

 A 68-year-old patient reports feeling dizzy and weak when getting up from bed in the morning. The client states, “I have to sit on the edge of the bed for a few minutes before I can stand up, or I feel like I’m going to faint.”  What does the nurse suspect and what vital signs support this?

A male patient is hypoxic which the provider correlates with a damaged kidney that is not secreting adequate erythropoietin. What can the nurse expect to see in the patient’s lab values?