The physician has ordered carvedilol 12.5 mg oral twice a day for a patient with hypertension. The medication is supplied as carvedilol 6.25 mg per tablet. How many tablets of carvedilol would the patient receive with each dose? _________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
2 tablets
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An analgesic is ordered for a post-surgical patient to be given every three to four hours. The nurse knows that a delay in giving the medication will cause a(n):
1. Decrease in the chance of withdrawal symptoms. 2. Decrease in the chance of addiction. 3. Increase in the chance of breakthrough pain. 4. Increase in the child's pain tolerance.
A nurse manager encourages nursing staff members to assist in developing a new creative staffing pattern that can respond quickly when staff resign or go back to school. This is an example of the use of which organizational theory?
1. Contingency theory 2. Closed-systems theory 3. Classical theory 4. Chaos theory
What are the expected blood types of children from a mother who is AA for blood type and a father who is BB for blood type?
A. All children will have type O blood. B. All children will have type AB blood. C. 50% of the children will have type A blood and 50% of the children will have type B blood. D. 25% will have type A blood, 50% will have type AB blood, and 25% will have type B blood.
A client develops a "sterile" epididymitis. The nurse should recognize this condition can result from direct injury or:
a. a complication of chlamydia b. an invasive procedure on the urinary tract c. urinary reflux related to straining with a full bladder d. prolonged use of an indwelling catheter