A child weighs 3 kg and has an order for Phenobarbital sodium 10 mg po per day. The literature states the usual children's dose is 3 to 5 mg/kg/day. The drug label reads Phenobarbital elixir 20 mg/5 mL
How many milliliters should the nurse administer?
2.5 mL
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A nurse is providing care for a young couple who wish to start a family. In response to one of the couple's questions, the nurse is describing the concept of personalized medicine
To explain this concept adequately, the nurse must understand which of the following? A) That personalized medicine is, by definition, holistic B) That collaboration is essential in genomic medicine C) The ethical basis for genomic medicine D) The new technologies and treatments of genetic- and genomic-based health care
A woman who delivered her third child yesterday has just learned that her two school-age children have contracted chickenpox. What should the nurse tell her?
a. The woman's two children should be treated with acyclovir before she goes home from the hospital. b. The baby will acquire immunity from the woman and will not be susceptible to chickenpox. c. The children can visit their mother and sibling in the hospital as planned but must wear gowns and masks. d. The woman must make arrangements to stay somewhere other than her home until the children are no longer contagious.
The nurse is instructing the patient on quadriceps and gluteal muscle exercises. The instructions will include:
a. while lying down, straightening the leg and tensing leg muscles while raising heel. b. flexing the leg and holding it with the hands while pulling the leg back toward the hip. c. straightening the legs and raising the head. d. flexing both legs and doing an abdominal crunch up toward the knees.
Which type of analysis allows the researcher to make numerical data meaningful?
1. quasi-experimental analysis 2. statistical analysis 3. data analysis 4. reduction analysis