The nurse calls the doctor with an SBAR report on the patient in room 7433. The doctor doesn’t feel this situation is urgent but would like the nurse to get started with drawing lab work and blood cultures and then start the patient on Cefazolin 2g IV q8H. He will be at the hospital in about 10-15 minutes as he is coming from the clinic.  What is the nurse’s best response?

The patient is being admitted to the emergency department with reports of shortness of breath. The patient has had chronic lung disease (COPD) for many years but still smokes. Which nursing intervention is the most appropriate for this patient? 

How many ml of cough syrup to be given PO are in this syringe?  

The nurse is reviewing new medication orders for several patients in a long-term care facility. Which of these are components of a medication order? (Select all that apply). 

A 35-year-old pregnant woman comes to the clinic for a monthly appointment. During the assessment, the nurse notices that she has a brown patch of hyperpigmentation on her face. How would the nurse document this skin finding in the electronic health record? 

The patient in room 3206 is scheduled to receive Bupropion XL 300 mg tablet at 0800. The patient refused the medication initially because the pill is too big to swallow but is now willing to take the medication if the nurse breaks it in half. Taking half a tablet at a time is easier for the patient and is what they have been doing at home.  True or False: “It is safe for the nurse to break the tablet in half so the patient can take the medication.”

What is the charge on an ion that has an atomic number of 24 and contains 23e-?

Which of the following is NOT a technique that could be used to separate a mixture into its components?

Iron-56 contains ________ neutrons.

J.J. Thomson discovered the existence of protons.