The physician orders KCl 20 mEq po daily for hypokalemia. The medication is supplied in 40 mEq/15 mL. How many milliliters will the nurse administer? _____________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
7.5 mL
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Which action by the gerontological nurse demonstrates the role of manager?
1. Performing blood pressure screenings at a senior citizen health fair 2. Participating in a skin assessment survey of patients in a nursing home 3. Writing a letter of support for a patient who is seeking custody of a grandchild 4. Arranging respite care for a patient while the adult child caregiver recovers from surgery
In the 1960s, what was recommended by the Mental Health Survey Act's Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health?
a. That an increased number of professionals who were prepared to treat the mentally ill be educated and employed b. That mental health patients be deinstitutionalized and treatment be given to them in the community c. That families reintegrate the ill family member into the home d. That large state institutions be demolished and smaller, more homelike "cottages" be built
A patient is prescribed a monoclonal antibody after an allograft on the left thigh. What does the use of this medication suggest to the nurse?
A. This medication has fewer adverse effects. B. The patient is at risk for developing a graft infection. C. There is a risk for steroid-resistant rejection of the graft. D. The patient will have a shorter recovery time.
A client with Parkinson disease who is receiving entacapone (Comtan) is to be given epinephrine for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
The nurse should be aware that entacapone (Comtan) causes an increased effect of epinephrine on the heart due to which action? 1. Stimulation of the enzyme COMT in the synaptic cleft 2. Inhibition of the enzyme COMT in the synaptic cleft 3. Increased reuptake of the enzyme COMT from the synaptic cleft 4. Excessive secretion of the enzyme COMT from the synaptic vesicles