The following order was written for a child weighing 66 lbs
Order: Morphine 0.2 mg/kg p.o. q.6h p.r.n, pain.
How many kilograms does this child weigh?
30 kg
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a. 3.9 b. 390 c. 39 d. 3
A neurosurgeon has performed a cordotomy on a client having intractable pain. Which of the following procedures is involved in a cordotomy?
A) Surgical sectioning of a nerve root close to the spinal cord B) Delivering bursts of electricity to the skin and underlying nerves C) Surgical interruption of pain pathways in the spinal cord D) Connecting electromyography machine to control pain
Bella weighed 55 lb. How many kilograms does she weigh?
A. 25 kg B. 121 kg C. 2.5 kg D. 12.1 kg
The patient, addicted to heroin, is being treated for opioid dependence. He has been prescribed methadone (Dolophine). The patient asks how this will help because methadone (Dolophine) is another opioid. What is the best response by the nurse?
1. "Methadone (Dolophine) will make you really sick if you use heroin." 2. "Methadone (Dolophine) does not cause euphoria like heroin does." 3. "Methadone (Dolophine) cures your addiction to heroin." 4. "Methadone (Dolophine) causes you to have an allergy to heroin."