You are working in the neonatal intensive care unit. You are asked to assist with administration of beractant (Survanta) for an infant born at 27 weeks’ who is at high risk for developing respiratory distress syndrome. After administration of all doses, which parameter would you expect to improve?

A patient with cystic fibrosis who was admitted to the intensive care unit is ordered dornase alfa. Which of the following orders would be the correct dosing for this agent?

How many mg of sodium are in a 2.5-mL treatment of 7% sodium chloride?

Which of the following best describes the mucolytic action of N-acetylcysteine?

Which of the following can be mixed with Pulmozyme in a small-volume nebulizer and administered together?

A 15 year old presents with fatigue, withdrawal from friends, declining grades, and reports “feeling hopeless.” What is the nurse’s priority action?

For the following calculations: if needing to calculate weight to kilograms, round weight to the hundredth for each problem and remove from calculator. Using that weight, do not round again until giving the final answer. Write out label in answer and round final answer to the hundredths place as needed.  Your patient is ordered cefaclor 250 mg PO. every 8 hours. It is available in 125mg/5mL suspension. She weighs 62 pounds.  Safe dose for cefaclor is 20 mg/kg/day. What is the maximum safe dosage that she should receive in a 24-hour period? [BLANK-1]

The provider orders Morphine 890 mg IV every hour for pain. The Morphine is supplied as 2.5g/600 mL. The nurse will plan to administer [BLANK-1] mL (Round to the nearest whole number) per dose. The nurse will administer [BLANK-2] mL over 6 hours? 

The nurse is ordered to administer Heparin 865 units/hr IV. The heparin is supplied as 30,000 units/300 mL D5W. The nurse will set the IV pump to deliver [BLANK-1] [BLANK-2] /hr. (Round to the nearest whole number)

The nurse is caring for a client complaining of chest pain, and is administering the ordered nitroglycerin at 5 mL/hr. The nitroglycerin is supplied as 100 mg in 500 mL of D5W. The nurse calculator the client is receiving [BLANK-1] [BLANK-2]/min (Round to the nearest whole number)