The nurse received a patient from another hospital on a dopa…
The nurse received a patient from another hospital on a dopamine IV infusion. The bag is labeled with the concentration of 800 mg in 500 mL of D5W. The IV pump is infusing at 48 mL/hr and the patient weighs 76kg. How much dopamine is this patient receiving in mcg/kg/min? Round answer to the nearest tenth.
Read DetailsYou are doing a bedside swallow evaluation on Steve, a 69 ye…
You are doing a bedside swallow evaluation on Steve, a 69 year old male who had a CVA. The nurse reports he often coughs when trying to give him his medication with thin liquids. The most appropriate food or drink to start assessing him for your evaluation would be:
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The nurse is preparing to administer nitroglycerin at a rate of 5 mcg/min to a patient diagnosed with unstable angina. The bottle available is pictured below.What rate in mL per hour should the nurse set on the infusion pump?Round to the nearest tenth. The answer must be numeric only. Don’t add any units of measurement.
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You are studying an enhancer that you have found is usually acetylated in early embryos. You wish to test whether this acetylation is relevant for its function by causing it to be deacetylated and measuring the transcription rates of nearby genes. Which of the following approaches could test this?
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