The client is to receive an intravenous infusion of heparin at 1200 units per hour. The IV bag is labeled 20,000 units of heparin in 250 milliliters of normal saline. At what rate (mL/hr) should the nurse set the IV pump? Put the numeric value only.

The patient mentions that the medication she is using is causing her urine to change to an orange color and staining her contacts. What does the nurse suspect the patient is taking?

A nurse is providing education to a client with a duodenal ulcer who has a new prescription for sucralfate. The client asks the nurse about how sucralfate works. What response should the nurse provide to the client?

The nurse is caring for a client with a history of gastrointestinal bleeding, after reviewing the laboratory results, the nurse notes a platelet count of 300,000 mm3 (300 × 109/L). What action should the nurse take next?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a female client taking ciprofloxacin. What information about potential adverse reactions should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is reinforcing discharge instructions to a client receiving trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole to treat infection. What should be included in the instructions?

The nurse is watching a new graduate nurse perform auscultation of a patient’s abdomen. Which statement by the new graduate nurse demonstrates an understanding of the reason auscultation should be performed before palpation of the abdomen? 

Which actions would be performed when communicating with a client with presbycusis (age- related hearing loss)? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a client who was scheduled to have a cerebral angiography performed today. Which should the nurse check after the procedure?

The nurse is gathering information from the family of a patient who is experiencing confusion. What is an important question the nurse should ask the family?