The order reads: “Over the next 4 hours, infuse 500 mL of 5% Dextrose in Normal Saline.  Add 20 MEq of KCL to solution”. The IV tubing set is calibrated to deliver 10 gtts/ml.  What is the rate of flow in drops per minute?

There is a Doctor’s order for 2 gm Ancef IVPB in 75mL D5W every 6 hours to run over an hour plus a maintenance IV of D5W at 125mL/hour.  What is the patients total 24 hour intake of IV fluid ? Do not include unit of measure.

A client is prescribed Lactated Ringers 1,000 mL to be infused from 0800 to 2000 hrs.  The nurse will use an infusion pump that delivers the solution in mL per hour.  At what rate would the nurse set the pump to deliver the solution? Record your answer using a whole number.

A older adult has been taking clindamycin.  Which laboratory value should the nurse know to check for this medication?

A patient is receiving an IV antiviral medication.  Upon assessment, the nurse finds a significant drop in the patient’s blood pressure, and a noticeable rash at the IV site.  Which should be the nurse’s first action?

Below is an illustration of both life cycles of viruses infecting cell(s).  Which one, either A or B, represents the lysogenic cycle?   

Which type of host cells do bacteriophages attack?

Match the number that is next to the particular virus process with the proper process name.     

Which virus life cycle results in where the virus’ genetic material incorporates into the host cell’s genetic material and there it can remain for quite some time and the host cell is not destroyed.

A virus attaches, invades a host cell and makes more viruses.  What is the approximate range in terms of how many viruses will be produced in that host cell and ultimately released from that one initial virus that infected the cell?