1)A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and a prescription for digoxin 125 mcg PO daily. Available is digoxin PO 0.25 mg/tablet. How

Question Answered step-by-step 1)  A nurse is caring for a client who has heart failure and a prescriptionfor digoxin 125 mcg PO daily. Available is digoxin PO 0.25 mg/tablet. How many tablets should the nurse administer per dose?_______ tablets      2)  A nurse is preparing to administer amoxicillin 350 mg PO. Available is amoxicillin 250 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?______ mL      3)  A nurse is preparing to infuse a 250mL unit of packed RBC’s over 2 hours. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 15gtts/mL. The nurse should adjust the flow rate to deliver how many drops per minute?        ______gtts/min    4)  A patient who just underwent a scheduled surgery and is in PACU. What should the nurse run the pump if they want to infuse a 1000mL bag of Lactated Ringers over 9 hours?_____mL/hr      5)  Your patient requests IV pain medication for pain management in active phase of labor. Available vial of Demerol contains 50mg/ml. Order: Demerol 37mg. How many mL should be given?_______ mL      6)  40 gm of magnesium sulfate is diluted in 1000 ml LR. After an initial loading dose, the nurse is to infuse a maintenance dose of 2 gm/hour. At how ml/hr should the IV pump be set?_______mL/hr     7)  The doctor has ordered baby Nathaniel to receive Gentamicin IM 1.3 mg/kg q 8 hours. Nathaniel weighs 8.1 pounds. How much gentamicin would you give baby Nathaniel?        ______ mg8)  The daily fluid requirement for infants less than 10 kg is 110mL/kg. Calculate daily fluid maintenance for an infant weighing 4.4 pounds. Then calculate how many mL per hour.______ mL/hr   9)  A patient is to receive an IVPB of Ampicillin 2 grams every 8 hours while in labor. The pharmacy sends you 2 grams mixed in 100mL of NS. What should the pump be set at to infuse this in 35 minutes?  In 45 minutes? In 60 minutes?_______mL/hr (35 mins)_______mL/hr (45 mins)_______mL/hr (60 mins)   10)                The nurse is due to increase the patients Pitocin to 4mu/min. There is 500mL of lactated Ringers mixed with 30 units of Pitocin. How many mL/hr should you set the pump._______mL/hr Health Science Science Nursing NURSING 2232 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)