A client receives a prescription for ciprofloxacin 400 mg intravenously (IV) every 12 hours to be infused over an hour. The IV bag contains ciprofloxacin 400 mg in dextrose 5% in water (DW) 200 mL. The nurse should program the infusion pump to deliver how many mL/hr? (Enter numerical value only.)

A client receives a new prescription for levothyroxine. Which statement made by client indicates to the nurse the education was effective?

The client is a 54-year-old male with a history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. He takes spironolactone 25 mg per day, metformin 500 mg twice a day, and 25 units of insulin glargine.

The nurse is discussing potential drug interactions with captopril.

For each drug, click to indicate whether the drug may increase the effects captopril has on blood pressure, decrease the effects, or have no effect.

A client with heart failure (HF) develops hyperaldosteronism and spironolactone is prescribed. Which instruction should the nurse include in this client's plan of care?

An older adult with iron deficiency anemia is being discharged with a prescription for ferrous sulfate enteric-coated tablets. To promote best absorption of the medication, which Information should the nurse include in the discharge instructions?

The client is a 54-year-old male with a history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. He takes spironolactone 25 mg per day, metformin 500 mg twice a day, and 25 units of insulin glargine.

The provider would like the client to continue with the captopril dose and restart the spironolactone. The provider wants the client to return to the clinic in 6 weeks with lab work done.

What 2 labs would be most appropriate for this client to complete on their return visit?

After receiving five doses of filgrastim, the nurse notes that the client's white blood cell count has increased from 2,500/mm³ (2.5x 10L) to 5,000/mm³ (5 x 10"/L) Which action should the nurse implement?
White Blood Cell (WBC) [Reference Range: 5000 to 10,000/mm3 (5 to 10 x 109/L)]

On admission, the healthcare provider prescribes a broad spectrum antibiotic for a client with a gram-negative infection. Before administering the first dose, it is most Important for the nurse to implement which prescription?

0730

• Admit to the surgical floor
• Dextrose 59% and 0.9% sodium chloride to infuse at 125 ml/hr
• Advance diet as tolerated
• Insulin glargine 12 units subcutaneous every 12 hours
• Ceftriaxone 2 g IV every 24 hours for 3 days, first dose given in surgery
• Insulin lispro 1 unit subcutaneously per 15 carbohydrates
• Insulin lispro sliding scale:

180-240 mg/dL (10-13.3 mmol/L)- 1 unit

241-300 mg/dl. (13.4-16.7 mmol/L)-2 units

300-360 mg/dL (16.7-30 mmol/L)-3 units

over 360 mg/dL (30 mmol/L)-call the physician

• Glucagon 1 syringe subcutaneously for blood glucose less than 60 mg/dL (3.3 mmol/L) and unresponsiveness

It is 1800, and the client has a schedule dose of insulin glargine due. The client has a regular diet tray ordered with 60 carbohydrates. The tray has not yet arrived in the room.

For each nursing action below, click to specify If the action is indicated, contraindicated or non-essential.

The nurse is providing instructions about a client's new medications. How should the nurse explain the purpose of probenecid, a uricosuric drug?

A female client who is a vegetarian has a new prescription for warfarin. The client states she eats leafy green vegetables every day. How should the nurse respond?