You administered two tablets with a dosage strength of 2.5 mg each. What was the total dosage given?
What will be an ideal response?
2.5
+ 2.5
5.0 or 5 mg total dosage given
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1. "Body weight is a big contributor to the development of both types of diabetes." 2. "There is no way to stop the development of diabetes." 3. "Diabetes can be caused by taking some medications." 4. "It is thought that genetics is involved with the development of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes."
The nurse caring for a terminally ill client with cancer would assess a key indicator of clinical depression as being the client's
a. anger over the pain experience. b. anorexia and weight loss. c. feelings of hopelessness. d. inability to provide physical self-care.
Which statement regarding medication distribution within the body is accurate?
1. The blood–brain barrier inhibits rapid crossing of all medications. 2. Body organs with high levels of blood flow are more difficult organs to which to deliver drugs. 3. Medications that are lipid-soluble are more completely distributed. 4. Drug–protein complexes must form prior to crossing capillary membranes.
A nurse supervisor is aware that nurses in the facility have been under a great deal of stress while working through a major change in the ownership of the hospital
Which nurses would the supervisor be most concerned might develop compassion fatigue? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Emergency department nurses 2. Outpatient diagnostic procedure nurses 3. Nurses working in the trauma surgery unit 4. Nurses working in geriatrics 5. Nurses working in obstetrics