Calculate the following desired doses.Ordered: levothyroxine sodium 0.088 mgOn hand: levothyroxine sodium 88 mcg (0.088 mg) tabletsDesired dose: __________
What will be an ideal response?
1 tablet
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Your patient is a 44-year-old male with a history of diabetes. He is lying on the living room floor, unresponsive to all stimuli. He has a respiratory rate of 12 breaths per minute, heart rate of 112 beats per minute, and is pale and sweaty. Which of the following should you do to treat this patient?
A) Apply oral glucose solution to a tongue depressor and insert it between the patient's cheek and gums. B) Place the patient in the recovery position, administer oxygen, and monitor his airway status. C) Place the patient in the recovery position to protect the airway and place oral glucose solution under the patient's tongue. D) Encourage the patient's family to administer his insulin.
If you receive a copy of a valid DNR order after you have begun resuscitation attempts, you are ethically obligated to:
A) cease resuscitation efforts. B) check the patient's breathing and pulse before ceasing resuscitation efforts. C) continue resuscitation until ordered to stop by medical direction. D) continue resuscitation attempts until the patient is transported to an emergency department.
An order reads 0.25 mg of a medication. How many 0.5 mg tablets are needed to fulfill the order?
A. 1/2 B. 1 C. 2 D. 4
The chief executive branch of government issues executive orders that interprets _____
A) and implements and/or gives administrative effect to provisions of the constitution or laws B) individual rules or regulations, which were written by administrative C) laws (statutes) through the adjudication and resolution of disputes D) relevant constitutional provisions, federal/state statutes, regulations, and court decisions