The following medication order is in the patient's medication administration record (MAR):

Provider's Order: Valacyclovir HCI 1,000 mg PO daily.

Pharmacy sends:

Valtrex®

(valacyclovir HCI)

1 gram

Caplets

The correct action by the nurse is to:

The birth weight of a premature infant is 900 gram. The nurse accurately recorded ______kg as the birth weight in the medical record.

The nurse reads the following drug label:

Cyanocobalamin

Injection, USP

1,000 mcg per mL

For IM or SUBQ Use Only

1 mL Multi-Dose Vial

Contains a preservative.

Protect from light.

The nurse demonstrates safe practice when the routes of administration are identified as:

A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide 20 mg PO in 0.5 oz of apple juice. How many mL of apple juice will the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

The nurse is preparing 0900 medications for Patients A, B, C, and D.

Patient A: Order: vemurafenib 0.96 g PO daily; Available: 240 mg tablets

Patient B: Order: colchicine 1.2 mg PO today; Available: 0.6 mg tablets

Patient C: Order: citalopram 20 mg PO daily; Available: 10 mg/5 mL

Patient D: Order: ceftazidime 1 g IV every 12 hr; Available: 1 g/50 mL

Which of the following orders will require the nurse to do a conversion before administering the ordered 0900 medication?

The patient receives 5 liters of fluid. The nurse correctly records that the patient has received ______ mL.

The following medication order is in the patient's medication administration record (MAR):

The patient is to receive 7.5 mg of a medication PO daily. The pharmacy sends a bottle of scored tablets with the dosage strength of 15 mg per tablet. The nurse sets up a proportion to solve a calculation for this ordered dose. Identify the setup for the unknown ratio.

A patient's medication dose was changed from 0.06 mg to a new dose of 0.054 mg. In reviewing the change in dose, the nurse is correct to inform the patient that:

The nurse prepares to give 5 mg of a medication, but the vial label reads "10 mg/mL." How many mL should the nurse administer?