A patient has been taking an AED for several years as part of his treatment for partial seizures. His wife has called because he ran out of medication this morning and wonders if he can go without it for a week until she has a chance to go to the drugstore. What is the nurse’s best response?

You have an order to administer 0.075mg of a medication. It is available in 25mcg tablets. How many tablets are to be administered? Round to the nearest ½ tablet. _____

Which statement is true concerning the nutritional needs of preterm infants?

Which ethnic group is at risk for Tay-Sachs disease?

The nurse quickly dries the newborn after delivery. This is to conserve the newborn’s body heat by preventing heat loss through which method?

Which vitamin supplementation has been found to reduce both morbidity and mortality in measles?

What should nursing care of an infant with oral candidiasis (thrush) include?

Which intervention may decrease the incidence of physiologic jaundice in a healthy full-term infant?

Which is a bright red, rubbery nodule with a rough surface and a well-defined margin that may be present at birth?

Which finding in the newborn is considered abnormal?