Ceftazidine 750 mg IM is ordered for a client with an infection. Ceftazadine is supplied as a powder that must be reconstituted. The instructions on the vial read: for IV injection reconstitute with 4.6 ml sterile water for a final concentration of 300 mg/ml; for IM injection reconstitute with 2.3 ml sterile water for a final concentration of 600 mg/ml. How much will be drawn up to deliver the ordered dose? (Round to the nearest tenth.)

The terminally ill patient asks the nurse for information about hospice care. The nurse would best respond by stating:

What is the Ideal Body Weight of a Male who is 5’10.

A 68-year-old male had a radical prostatectomy with a perineal resection due to a stage III cancerous tumor this morning. He is receiving continuous bladder irrigation (CBI) via a triple-lumen catheter with sterile normal saline; the orders are to infuse at a rate to keep the drainage light pink without clots. Twelve hours after the surgery, he reports having occasional bladder spasms, and currently his pain level is a “7” out of 10. The urine in the tubing is mostly clear, pink-tinged, with a rare clot noted. The perineal incision is dry and intact, with no drainage noted. Match the nursing actions listed below that are Indicated (appropriate or necessary), Contraindicated (could be harmful), or Nonessential (makes no difference or not necessary) for the patient’s care at this time.

Your patient is on VC AC with the following settings:f= 28VT=400Flow=60FiO2=50%Peep=8 An ABG was drawn to assess the patient’s ventilation and oxygenation levelspH=7.50PaCO2=30PaO2=120HCO3=24  The doctor states that a PaCO2 of 30 mmHg is too low and wants you to try to bring the PaCO2 value up to 40 mmHg. What should the rate be set at to increase the PaCO2 value to 40 mmHg? 

You have a patient who is on PC AC mode with the following settings. The patient has an IBW of 60 kg.  Vent Data:PC/ ACf=18 Inspiratory Pressure= 12Ti= 0.8 secondsFiO2=60%Peep=8Flow Trigger= 2 Patient DataPatient Rate=24Vte= 220 mlsVe=5.28 L/minI:E=1:4Peak=24Plateau=20Compliance=40The physician requested you draw an ABG to see how well the patient is doing with the current settings. The results are as followspH=7.27PaCO2=50PaO2= 100HCO3= 34SaO2=99%From the information provided, what ventilator changes, if any, would you make to correct the patient’s ABG?

You are assisting in the PFT lab and are performing a spirometry test on a patient. After the patient performs the test, you notice their flow-volume loop looks like the image below. The solid black line shows the patient’s effort while the blue dash line shows a “normal” flow-volume loop. fixed obstruction pressure volume loop.png  Based on the image and shape of the flow-volume loop, what do you suspect the patient having?

You have a patient who has an IBW of 75 kg on VC AC with the following set parametersf=16VT=450Flow=50 L/minFiO2=50%PEEP=12Rise Time=50%The patient data is as follows:Vte= 452 mls Rate=16Ve=7.23 L/minPeak=22Plateau=20Compliance=32The physician requests you perform an ABG and below are the results while the patient was on the above ventilator settingspH=7.38PaCO2=38PaO2=130HCO3=24SaO2=100%Based on the results, which of the following is the best choice to normalize the patient’s ABG?

A patient diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis 3 days ago, suddenly develops dyspnea and decreased oxygen saturation. What might the patient be experiencing?

While looking at a capnograph waveform, the ETCO2 measurement can be assessed by looking at the very end of which phase?