The intravenous prescription is 3000 mL of 5% dextrose in water (D5W) to run over a 24-hour period. Thedrop factor is 10 gtts/1 mL. The nurse plans to adjust the flow rate to how many gtts/minute?

Older adults are at a greater risk of medication toxicity and adverse effects because of changes to body function. Which of the following functions affected by age does not contribute to this risk?

 A nurse has a correct understanding of the free radical Theory of Aging when they make what statement?

When caring for an older adult client who is prescribed diuretic medication, which of the following adverse effects would they be monitored for? 

A nurse must be able to recognize the types of families that the client is a part of to properly care for the individual and family. Types of families include which of the following?  (Select all that apply).

A prescription reads morphine sulfate 4 mg stat.  The medication ampule reads morphine sulfate 20 mg /ml.  The nurse draws up how many milliliters to administer the correct dose?

The nurse is caring for a man , 79 years of age, who was admitted for hip replacement. He visits with the nurse every chance he gets, he seems lonely. He tells the nurse his wife died two years ago. He has children in nearby cities and has nine grandchildren. He says his life has been good and he is content, even though he misses his wife.  The nurse assesses him for developmental issues and identifies he has met which of Erikson’s stages of development?

Older adults tend to experience decreased blood vessel elasticity that predisposes them to hypertension.  

 Place the four stages of Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development in order from first to last.

The process of DNA replication is semiconservative. This means that a replicated chromosome is composed of: