The physician prescribes a bolus of 500 mL of 0.9% normal saline to run over 4 hours. The drop factor is 10 drops/1 mL. The nurse plans to adjust the flow rate at how many drops per minute? (Enter the answer in the space provided.)
What will be an ideal response?
__________ drops per minute
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A patient emerges from general anesthesia screaming, shouting, and thrashing wildly. The nurse identifies this reaction as
a. emergence hallucination. c. emergence hyperactivity. b. normal. d. emergence delirium.
When speaking to a group of high school students, the rehabilitation nurse states that spinal cord injuries resulting in paralysis occur mainly as the result of traumatic accidents in which group of individuals?
a. Middle-aged men b. Older adult females c. Young males d. Young females
A patient with hypofunction of the adrenal cortex has been admitted to your unit. What would the nurse be likely to find when assessing the patient's vital signs?
A) An increased body temperature B) A decreased body temperature C) An increased blood pressure D) A decreased blood pressure
Which of the following statements made by the client indicates an understanding of the management of hiatal hernia?
A. "I will lie flat for 30 minutes after each meal." B. "I will remain upright for several hours after each meal." C. "I will have my blood count done in 2 weeks to check for anemia." D. "I will sleep at night lying on my left side to prevent nighttime reflux."