A nurse is preparing to administer amoxicillin 2 gm/day PO divided into two doses.

The amount available is amoxicillin 500 mg tablets.

How many tablets should the nurse administer with each dose?

A nurse is preparing to administer hydromorphone 2.5 mg. The available amount is 5 mg/5 mL elixir.

How many mL should the nurse administer?

The nurse is preparing to educate a patient who has just been prescribed a sulfonamide.
Which statements should be included in the teaching plan?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has diabetes mellitus about the manifestations of hypoglycemia.
Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client who has pulmonary tuberculosis and a new prescription for rifampin.
Which of the following information should the nurse provide?

During morning medication administration, the nurse discovered an error on the electronic Medication Administration Record (MAR) before the medication was given.
What is the appropriate action for this “near-miss”?

A patient has a urinary tract infection.
The nurse knows that which class of drugs is especially useful for such infections?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a fungal infection and has a new prescription for amphotericin
Which of the following laboratory values should the nurse report to the provider before initiating the medication?

A nurse is caring for a client who has recurrent kidney stones and a history of diabetes mellitus.
The client is scheduled for an intravenous Pyelogram (IVP). The nurse should collect additional data about which of the following statements made by the client?

A patient has been prescribed a 2-week course of antifungal suppositories for a vaginal yeast infection.
She asks the nurse if there is an alternative to this medication, stating, “I don’t want to do this for 2 weeks!” What could be a possible alternative in this situation?

Examine the following patient data for a patient who has been prescribed vancomycin.
The nurse is evaluating a patient after administering several doses of Vancomycin IV. Which of the following changes would indicate a therapeutic response to the medication? (Select all that apply)