The client is to receive Humulin NPH 56 units subcutaneously every morning hour before breakfast. Which dosage and syringe is correct for the nurse to administer the medication?
A) 1 mL syringe drawn up with Humulin NPH at the 0.56 mL mark
B) 3 mL syringe drawn up with Humulin NPH at the 0.56 mL mark
C) Insulin 100 unit syringe drawn up with Humulin NPH at the 56 unit mark
D) Insulin 50 unit syringe drawn up with Humulin NPH at the 50 unit mark
C
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a. Continue to monitor the client's behavior and document it as anger directed toward another client. b. Talk with the client about the observations made, and ask whether she was displaying anger toward the other client. c. Ask the other client if she felt that the client was angry with her. d. Ask the client to write in a journal the emotions she was feeling at that time.
To test the competency of the saphenous vein's valves with manual compression, you would note if an impulse is felt when palpating the dilated vein with one hand while
a. raising the patient's leg 90°. b. compressing the femoral vein with the other hand. c. compressing the same vein 20 cm higher in the leg with the other hand. d. the patient is supine and then while the patient is standing.
A desirable endpoint for oral anticoagulant therapy is a prothrombin time that is what multiple of the control value?
a. 2 c. 1.5 b. 0.5 d. 3
When making observations, it helps to
A) review the patient systematically and use all of your senses. B) expose the patient's body so that you can check the skin. C) measure all patients by the same standard. D) observe only those things that the patient complains of.