A health care provider prescribes diphenhydramine (Benadryl), 1 mg/kg PO every 4 to 6 hours as needed for pruritus to a child with a mild cutaneous anaphylactic reaction. The child weighs 5 kg. The medication label states:
: "Diphenhydramine 12.5 mg/5 ml." The nurse prepares to administer one dose. How many milliliters will the nurse prepare to administer one dose? Fill in the blank. Record your answer in a whole number.
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Nurses are particularly suited to helping clients become informed consumers of CAM products and practices. One valid and reliable internet website to which nurses might refer clients or their family members is:
1. EMedicine. 2. Medscape. 3. Science Daily. 4. NCCAM.
The client has developed anosmia. The nurse educates the client about the possible causes of this condition. Which topics are appropriate for the nurse to include in the teaching session with the client? Select all that apply
1. Commonly associated with gingivitis. 2. Possibly linked to heredity. 3. Related to a diet deficient in zinc. 4. An indicator of a neurological problem. 5. Caused by dental caries.
You are conducting a class on how to self-manage insulin regimens. A patient asks you how long a vial of insulin can be stored at room temperature before it "goes bad." What would be your best answer?
A) If you are going to use up the vial within 1 month it can be kept at room temperature. B) If a vial of insulin will be used up within 21 days, it may be kept at room temperature. C) If a vial of insulin will be used up within 2 weeks, it may be kept at room temperature. D) If a vial of insulin will be used up within 1 week, it may be kept at room temperature.
A nurse is being asked to move from the eye unit to a general surgery floor where she in inexpe-rienced in this specialty due to an influenza epidemic among the nursing staff. She is aware of her inexperience. The nurse's initial recourse is to:
1. Fill out a report noting her dissatisfaction 2. Ask to work with another general surgery nurse 3. Notify the State Board of Nursing of the problem 4. Politely refuse to move, take a leave-of-absence day, and go home