The physician orders simvastatin 80 mg oral at bedtime for a patient. Simvastatin is available in 40-mg tablets. How many tablets would the nurse administer with each dose? ___________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
2 tablets
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A patient is admitted to the CCU after experiencing blunt trauma to the chest. Among other injuries, the patient has a flail chest on the left and several extremity fractures
About 12 hours after admission, the patient is tachypneic and complaining of shortness of breath. Breath sounds are present bilaterally with scattered fine crackles. Chest radiograph shows an ill-defined, patchy, ground-glass area of density on the left. If the patient has a pulmonary contusion, what is the nursing priority? A) Monitor pulse oximetry and arterial blood gases closely. B) Place an oral endotracheal tube immediately. C) Increase the amounts of intravenous crystalloid administration. D) Obtain sputum culture and sensitivity and Gram stain.
A 56-year-old woman will soon begin treatment of her overactive bladder with tolterodine (Detrol). What patient teaching should the nurse provide to this woman?
A) "It's good to measure your heart rate before you take your Detrol each day, and withhold it if your heart rate is below 60 beats/minute." B) "You'll probably need to stop taking your hormone replacement therapy when you're taking Detrol." C) "You'll likely find that you have scant amounts of blood in your urine for the first few days, but this is not unusual or problematic." D) "You might find that you get a dry mouth or a headache from this drug, but this does not mean it has to be discontinued."
The nurse assigned to the assertive community treatment program is responsible for determining the
location of a new inner city site for a 3-hour block of time each Tuesday. The nurse has learned the following facts: A conference room is available on the sixth floor of city hall as well as a large lobby area on the first floor, either of which could each be used as a site between 9 AM and noon. City police have been successful in clearing homeless individuals from a two-block area around city hall. A firehouse near city hall has offered a room that could be used on alternate Tuesdays from 2 to 5 PM. A fast-food restaurant located approximately four blocks from city hall is willing to allow use of its "party room" from 7 to 10 AM. The most preferable site would be the a. city hall conference room. b. city hall lobby. c. firehouse room. d. restaurant "party room.".
A nurse is being treated for otitis media from using an improperly cleaned stethoscope. He requests which of the following for the pain associated with this condition?
a. xylocaine c. pramoxine and benzocaine b. hydrocortisone d. aluminum acetate/acetic acid