If a defendant commits an act which violates both state and federal law, which one has jurisdiction to prosecute him?  

Your labor and deliver patient requires an emergency cesarean section. In a 10mL syringe you have prepared Succinylcholine 20mg/mL. You have chosen to give your patient 100 mg. How many mL will you give?

A search incident to an arrest is an example of what?  

The nurse is providing education on the use of a peak flow meter to a client with asthma. Which statement by the client demonstrates they understand how to use the device? 

The nurse on a med surg unit prepares to give a bed bath and change the bed linens of a client with cutaneous Kaposi’s sarcoma lesions. The lesions are open with serous fluid drainage. Which precaution would the nurse incorporate into the plan while caring for this client?

The nurse is administering methotrexate to a client with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. What is the nurse’s priority assessment prior to administration of this medication?

The nurse is reviewing the following arterial blood gas results from a client admitted with pneumonia. pH: 7.31 PaCO2: 80 mm/Hg HCO3: 25 mEq/L PaO2: 70 mm/Hg The nurse realizes that these results necessitate which priority nursing intervention?

A client with COPD tells a nurse that he feels short of breath. During the assessment, the nurse noted wheezing, RR 30, O2 sat of 86%, BP 130/88. The nurse calls the respiratory therapist to administer an ordered nebulizer treatment. The therapist says, “I have several more nebulizer treatments to do on the unit where I am now. As soon as I’m finished, I’ll come and assess the client.” What is the nurse’s most appropriate action?    

A client with asthma is receiving albuterol.  When teaching the client about the use of albuterol it is most important that the nurse include which of the following?

A client is receiving a transfusion of packed red blood cells. Time BP Apical HR RR Temp 0800 90/50 100 bpm 20 bpm 98.0⁰ F 0815 92/54 110 bpm 18 bpm 100.0⁰ F What is the nurse’s priority intervention based on the client’s above assessment?