A health care provider prescribes acetylcysteine (Mucomyst), 70 mg/kg per nasogastric tube times one, stat, for an acetaminophen (Tylenol) overdose. The child weighs 20 kg. The medication label states: "Acetylcysteine (Mucomyst), 100 mg/10 ml."
The nurse prepares to administer the 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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140
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An older patient complains that the hospital food tastes bitter and sour. The rationale most likely to explain this finding is that
A) a decrease in the sense of smell affects one's sense of taste. B) aging causes hypersecretion of the mucous glands, affecting the taste of food. C) due to senility changes of the brain, the sense of taste is lost. D) sweet and salty substances are stronger as one ages.
The laboratory technologists are discussing a new blood test that helps establish a differential diagnosis between shortness of breath with a cardiac etiology and shortness of breath with a respiratory/pulmonary etiology
A positive result is purported to indicate a cardiac etiology. The marketers of the test report that 99.8% of patients who have confirmed cardiac etiologies test positive in the test. However, 1.3% of patients who do not have cardiac etiologies for their shortness of breath also test positive. Which of the following statements best characterizes this blood test? A) Low validity; high reliability B) High sensitivity; low specificity C) High specificity; low reliability D) High sensitivity; low reliability
What will the nurse note when assessing an infant with asymmetric intrauterine growth restriction?
a. One side of the body appears slightly smaller than the other. b. All body parts appear proportionate. c. The head seems large compared with the rest of the body. d. The extremities are disproportionate to the trunk.
Select the instructions by the clinic nurse that are most effective in preventing back injury for a client with chronic low back pain
a. Stand close to a heavy object before at-tempting to lift it. b. Use your arms to lift objects to prevent back strain. c. A narrow base of stance is most effective for lifting. d. Make sure to bend at the waist when lift-ing objects more than 30 pounds.