A physician orders 200,000 units of penicillin every 6 hours for 10 days. Altogether, the patient will receive ________ of penicillin over the 10-day period.
What will be an ideal response?
8,000,000 units
8000000 units
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Which of the following factors can help the patient's treatment plan? 1. Teach the patient to read and write. 2. Teach the patient about his or her drugs and disease process. 3. Teach the patient to call the drug company for information about prescription drugs. 4. Patients who have literacy problems only learn from written instructions.
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a. increase of bone density. b. bones are brittle and break easily. c. bones heal slowly. d. decrease in muscle mass. e. tendon sclerosis.
Instructions to a client regarding self-administration of oral enteric-coated tablets should include which of the following statements?
1. "Avoid any other oral medicines while taking this drug." 2. "If swallowing this tablet is difficult, dissolve it in 3 ounces of orange juice." 3. "The tablet may be crushed if you have any difficulty taking it." 4. "To achieve best effect, take the tablet with at least 8 ounces of fluid."
Which question would enable the nurse to assess for cognitive distortions during an inter-view with a patient diagnosed as having pedophilia?
a. "Is there a family history of sexual dysfunction?" b. "Were you sexually abused as a child or adolescent?" c. "How do you think the child felt being your sexual partner?" d. "Will you be willing to take medication to treat your disorder?"