You are preparing to administer J.T.'s furosemide. Your drug reference gives the following
therapeutic range: 0.5 to 1 mg/kg/dose every 8 to 24 hours. Is the ordered dose of 4 mg a safe
dose for J.T?
What will be an ideal response?
The low range dose is 2 mg every 8 to 24 hours (4 kg × 0.5 mg/kg/dose). The high range dose is 4 mg
every 8 to 24 hours (4 kg × 1 mg/kg/dose). The ordered dose of 4 mg every 12 hours falls within this
range and therefore is safe.
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a. analgesia. b. anticonvulsant. c. paralysis. d. sedation.
The nurse urges the patient with diverticulitis to seek treatment because the inflamed bowel wall may:
a. extend the inflammation to the entire bo-wel. b. progress into ulcerative colitis. c. perforate and cause peritonitis. d. cause appendicitis.
A client has been diagnosed with iarrophobia. The nurse identifies iarrophobia as being a fear of which of the following?
A) Disease B) Doctors C) Heights D) Enclosed spaces
A patient who has used an adrenergic nasal spray for 2 weeks complains that, "I am more stuffed up now than I was when I was sick." What advise should the nurse provide? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. "You are having an allergic reaction to the nasal spray. Stop using it immediately." 2. "You probably have developed a secondary infection." 3. "Try increasing the amount of fluids you are drinking." 4. "Switch to a saline-based nasal spray." 5. "Continue to use your current nasal spray until the congestion goes away."