A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide 40 mg PO in 0.5 oz of orange juice. How many mL
of orange juice should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number.
Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) 15 mL
A nurse is teaching a class about error-prone abbreviations in medication prescriptions. The
nurse should include that which of the following prescriptions has acceptable abbreviations?
Metoclopramide 10 mg IM Q6H PRN nausea
Desipramine 100 mg PO QD
Enoxaparin 30 mg sub q 2 hr before surgery
MSO4 10 mg IM Q3H PRN pain Metoclopramide 10 mg IM Q6H PRN nausea
The nurse should include in the teaching that this prescription uses acceptable abbreviations
and includes a medication, dose, route, and time.
A nurse is preparing to administer haloperidol 5 mg IM at 1715. At which of the following times
should the nurse administer the medication?
7:15 a.m.
5:15 a.m.
7:15 p.m.
5:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m.
The nurse should recognize that 5:15 p.m. on the 12-hr clock is equivalent to 1715 on the 24-hr,
or military, clock.
, A nurse is preparing to administer epinephrine hydrochloride 0.5 mg subcutaneous stat. How
many mcg should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use
a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) 500 mcg
A nurse is preparing to administer sucralfate 1 g PO twice daily to a client. Available is sucralfate
1,000 mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer per dose? (Round the answer
to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) 1
tablet(s)
A nurse is preparing a medication and calculates the dosage as 0.893 mL. Rounding this amount
to the nearest hundredth, the nurse should administer how many mL? 0.89 mL
When rounding to the nearest hundredth, the nurse should look at the number in the
thousandths place, which is the third number after the decimal. If the number in the
thousandths place is less than 5, drop the number and leave the number in the hundredths
place as is. In this item, the "3" in the thousandths place is less than 5, so it is dropped and the
"9" remains unchanged. Therefore, 0.893 mL rounds to 0.89 mL.
A nurse is preparing to administer digoxin 0.125 mg PO at 9:00 a.m. At which of the following
times should the nurse administer the medication?
1500
0900
1700
2100 0900
The nurse should recognize that 0900 on the 24-hr, or military, clock is equivalent to 9:00 a.m.
on the 12-hr clock.