Q10. The nurse prepares to administer an IV antibiotic through a saline lock. What is the minimum time the nurse will need to “scrub the hub” before accessing the saline lock?

Q14. A nurse is preparing to administer medication to a patient. What is the first step in ensuring the safe administration of the medication?

Q33. The patient has an order for an insulin drip. The rate is ordered to begin at 3.5 units per hour using a standard strength of 100 units of insulin per 100 mL of normal saline. What flow rate will the nurse set on the infusion pump? (Report answer to the nearest tenth.)

Q3. Identify the portal of entry of the chain of infection for a patient with an indwelling urinary catheter.

Q1. Identify the correct order for implementing the four basic assessment techniques. (Do not take into account the difference used for abdominal assessment.)

Q42.  A 2-3 mg/min dosage has been ordered. The solution strength is 1.5 g/400 mL. Calculate the flow rate range. The low rate is [low] mL/hr and the high rate is [high] mL/hr.

Q2. Choose the most significant reason for determining if an elderly patient has orthostatic blood pressure.

The zone of tolerance is the range between a customer’s desired service and the minimum acceptable service.

Which stage of the product life cycle is marked by falling demand?

Resolving service failures quickly can reduce negative word-of-mouth.