A child is prescribed Phenobarbital 18 mg twice a day PO. The child weighs 6 kg. The pediatric dosage range is 5-7 mg/kg/day.

What is the safe maximum dosage per day for this child?

When calculating a 1-minute APGAR, the nurse evaluates the following assessment data: Heart rate 120 BPM; strong cry; well-flexed; reflex-crying: body pink; acrocyanosis present in hands and feet.

In view of these findings, the nurse should assign an APGAR score of:

A child is prescribed Phenobarbital 18 mg twice a day PO. The child weighs 6 kg. The pediatric dosage range is 5-7 mg/kg/day.

What is the safe maximum dosage per day for this child?

A child (14kg) is ordered Clindamycin Suspension 120mg PO every 6 hours.

The safe dose is 8-25mg/kg/day.

What is the minimum dose the child should receive per day?

A nurse is providing teaching to the parent of a child who has a new diagnosis of scabies.
Which of the following information should the nurse include?

A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor and observes late decelerations on the electronic fetal monitor.
Which of the following is the first action the nurse should take?

A nurse is caring for a client with hypothyroidism who is starting levothyroxine.
What should the nurse understand about the initial start of levothyroxine for hypothyroidism?

A client requests a recommendation for a hormone-free, easy to use form of contraception.
Which should the nurse suggest?

A nurse manager is leading a quality improvement initiative to reduce the incidence of medication administration errors on a medical-surgical unit.

The quality improvement (QI) team analyzes incident reports, identifies patterns, and develops interventions to address the root causes.

Which of the following actions should the nurse include as part of the quality improvement process?

A client has recently undergone a kidney transplant.
Which of the following diet and activity recommendations should the nurse provide?

A nurse is caring for a patient who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is 2 days postoperative after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Which intervention for airway management should the nurse delegate to the UAP?