A client weighing 149 lb has an order for 475 mg of a medication in 100 mL of NS q6h. The normal dosage range is 8-12 mg/kg/dose in divided doses q8h. Round converted weight to the nearest tenth. Based on the client’s weight, what is the 24-hour dosage range? Express final answer to the nearest whole number. Is the ordered dose safe? (Answer Yes or No)

Which requires energy output by the cell?

Indicate how the nurse should prepare the following using full-strength normal saline (0.9%) (solute) and sterile water (solvent). Irrigate foot wound with 0.24 L of 1/4 strength daily. How many milliliters of solvent will the nurse use? How many milliliters of solute will the nurse use?

What medical condition is associated with sodium and water retention?

A client is receiving 820 mL of LR at 20 macrogtt/min. Drop factor: 15 gtt/mL. How long will it take the infusion to be completed? Express final answer in hours and minutes.

Convert the following. 99.5°F = ____________°C Express final answer to the nearest tenth. Indicate Celsius as C.

Order: Infuse heparin at 20,000 units per hour from a solution containing 60,000 units of heparin in 500 mL D5W. How many mL/hr will deliver the ordered dose? Round final answer to the nearest whole number.

Determine the IV flow rate for the following solution by infusion pump. 250 mL 0.9% of NS with 100 units of regular insulin to infuse at 15 units per hour. What rate, in mL/hr, will infuse 15 units/hr? Express final answer to the nearest whole number.  

The nurse is caring for a client who is currently receiving IV heparin. The client weighs 257 lb. The most recent aPTT is 43 seconds. Use the Weight-Based Heparin Protocol to answer the questions that follow. Round converted weight to the nearest tenth. heparin protocol 1.jpg What is the initial infusion rate in units/hr? Express final answer to the nearest whole number. The client’s most recent aPTT is 93 seconds. Based on this result, what is the new infusion rate in mL/hr? Express final answer to the nearest whole number.

The nurse receives an order for 1.75 L D5 ½ NS to infuse at 120 mL/hr.  How long will it take for the IV to infuse? (Express final answer in hours and minutes.) The infusion began at 10:30 PM, at what time will the infusion be completed? (Express final answer in military time.)