A patient recovering from a lumbar puncture rates a headache as being 8 on a pain scale of 0 to 10. What action by the nurse is indicated?

The nurse is completing a Mini Mental Status Examination with a patient. What should the nurse ask to evaluate immediate memory?

Which technique should the nurse use to assess a patient’s facial nerve (CN VII)?

During a neurological assessment the nurse asks a patient to close her eyes and identify a letter drawn on the patient’s palm. What is the nurse assessing?

Ordered: 1000 mL Lactated Ringer’s IV over 3 hours Available: Macrodrip set, 15 gtts/mL Calculate the gravity flow rate without the use of an infusion pump. Round to the whole drop ___________________gtt/min

Ordered: Heparin Sodium 1250 units/hour Available: 20,000 units in 250mL’s of D5W At what rate will you set the IV pump to deliver this dosage? Round to the tenth __________________mL/hr

Order: Dobutamine 5 mcg/kg/min Available: Standard solution of 1 gram in 250 mL D5W Patients weight:  440 lbs. What will you set the infusion pump at to deliver the ordered dose? Round to the tenth ________________________mL/hr

The order is written to give IV Vancomycin 500 mg. q 6 hrs. for endocarditis, slow infusion over 90 minutes.  Your pharmacy provides a Vancomycin solution strength of 750mg/150mL. At what rate will you set the IV pump to deliver the ordered dose? Round to the tenth ______________mL/hr

Ordered: levothyroxine sodium 175 mcg. IV Available: levothyroxine sodium powder for IV injection 0.2 mg./vial When reconstituted, vial contains 6 mL. How much will you draw up to give? Round to the tenth _____________mL

An IV medication is prescribed at 1 mcg/kg/min IV for a client who weighs 50 kg.  The concentration of the medication is 50 mg in 500 mL.  What rate will you set the pump at? Round to the tenth _________mL/hr