A nurse receives new orders to start clindamycin 25 mg/kg/day in four equal intravenous doses every 6 hours to a child who weighs 20 kg. How many mg will the nurse administer per each dose?

After change of shift report, which client should the nurse assess first?  

An 87 year-old client’s daughter says to the nurse, “My father was always sharp. Recently I  noticed he is slower to respond and perform tasks.”  The best response by the nurse is   

The nurse working on a neurological unit is planning care to decrease a client’s intracranial pressure. What nursing intervention would be most consistent with this goal?    

What client should be assigned to the float nurse on a neurological unit?  

A client is on carbamezepine and phenytoin. The nurse includes which lab studies in the medication education?  

When providing nursing care for a client with a suspected stroke, the most important factor in the initial assessment:    

When the medical history of a client with Gullian-barre is reviewed, which fact is mostly related to the client’s diagnosis?  

The client in the emergency department has just had a diagnostic lumbar puncture. To reduce post-procedure complications, what is the nurse’s most appropriate action?    

A client with a spinal cord injury and subsequent urine retention receives intermittent catheterization every 6 hours. The average catheterized urine volume has been 550 mL. The nurse should plan to: