When inserting a rectal suppository for a patient the nurse should?
A patient arrives at the emergency department with slurred speech and a right facial droop. The patient's relative states the patient "is not himself." Upon assessment, the nurse finds paresthesia to the right side of the body, receptive aphasia, hemianopia and altered cognitive abilities. The nurse should suspect:
Which of the following actions is the most appropriate when the nurse is responding to a patient during a tonic-clonic seizure?
Order: Compazine 8 mg IM stat. Drug availablE. 10 mg/ 2mL in vial.
How many mLs would you give?
To remove soft contact lenses from the eyes of an unconscious patient the nurse should:
A medication was ordered by a physician. The nurse believes the medication dose is incorrect. What should the nurse do next?
Which of the following interventions should the nurse implement if a patient complains of cramps while irrigating the colostomy?
The nurse teaches a patient recovering from a total hip replacement that it is important to avoid:
A nurse has been working in a general hospital on the same medical unit for 6 years. The Behavioral Unit is desperately short staffed and the nurse is asked to work her shift in this other unit. What would be the expected response of the nurse to this request?
Whenever a child with thalassemia comes for blood transfusion, he is administered Desferoxamine (Desferal). The action of this drug is to:
